SEARCH FOR PARTNERS

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BISNIS

NOVEMBER 1999

Published by the Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Index to Leads by Industry Page

Automotive Parts 7

Cleaning Services 3

Construction Materials 4

Consumer Goods 3,7

Ecological Services 5

Electronics Equipment 4,6,7

Fisheries 4

Food Processing and Packaging 2,7

Legal Services 1

Medical Equipment and Products 6,7

Metallurgy 2

Oil 5

Packaging Materials 3,7

Securities Market 1

Telecommunications 2

Tourism 6,7

Wool Processing 6 KAZAKHSTAN

Industry: Securities Market

Company: RG Securities

RG Securities, established in 1997, specializes in

broker-dealer operations, underwriting activity, asset management, consulting, and informational services in the Kazakhstani

securities market. RG Securities is a part of Resmi Group, which

is a distributor of Johnson and Johnson, Gillette, Nestle, and

other name-brand products in Kazakhstan.

RG currently employs six people. It has a network of 18

offices in Kazakhstan and is represented in Kyrgyzstan,

Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The firm holds a first category

license for nominal holder status and is a member of the

Kazakhstan Securities Exchange (KASE). In 1998, its annual

turnover totaled US$1.5 million. According to RG’s representative, the company actively participates in the “blue chip”

privatization program in Kazakhstan. Among RG’s clients in

Kazakhstan are pension funds, management companies, insurance companies, investment funds, and individual investors.

RG Securities seeks a U.S. business partner to help it provide access to the global market, issuance and placement of

Eurobonds for Kazakhstani clients, and a full range of highquality services at the securities market in Kazakhstan, other

CIS countries, and internationally. RG is interested in representing U.S. firms in Central Asia. The company can conduct

business in English.

Contact: Nadezhda Lee, Deputy General Director

7 Patris Lumumba Street

Almaty, 480057, Kazakhstan

Tel: +7-3272-44-33-38, 44-33-37

Fax: +7-3272-44-33-03

E-mail: uni-alm@kaznet.kz; resmigroup@usa.net

or U.S. Embassy Commercial Service:

531 Seyfullin Prospect, 3rd Floor

Almaty, 480091, Kazakhstan

Tel: +7-3272-58-79-20

Fax: +7-3272-58-79-22

E-mail: almaty.office.box@mail.doc.gov

Source: BISNIS Representative Kazakhstan

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Industry: Legal Services

Company: Zhakenov and Partners Legal Advisers
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Zhakenov and Partners Legal Advisers (ZhP), a private

Kazakhstani law firm established in 1991, specializes in providing legal services (representing and protecting clients’ interests in judicial, state, and other bodies) in the field of civil,

entrepreneurial, financial, tax, and administrative law in

Kazakhstan.

ZhP currently employs seven people on a full-time basis

and two people part-time. Its newly renovated, fully equipped

office is located in central Almaty. According to the firm’s representative, ZhP actively cooperates with foreign law firms,

representing their clients’ interests in Kazakhstan.

According to the firm’s representative, ZhP has projects in:

the minerals sector, telecommunications, intellectual property

rights, and real estate.

In 1994-1996, the firm was a part of the working group for

the development of a legal basis in Kazakhstan, a project of the

World Bank. The firm participated in developing the civil code

(general and special parts), and the laws on land, natural resources, licensing, insurance, real estate mortgage, and

privatization. ZhP participated in law projects and seminars of

the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Valery Zhakenov, managing partner, has extensive academic

and business experience. However, Zhakenov and Partners is

interested in learning new technologies and standards in the

legal business. The company plans to expand its client base by

becoming a representative of a U.S. law firm and is prepared to

invest additional funds in this partnership project. Zhakenov

and Partners seeks a U.S. partner – a medium-size U.S. law firm

interested in expanding its business to Central Asia – to establish its correspondent office in Kazakhstan; and to provide a

full range of quality legal services to domestic and international companies in Kazakhstan. The company can conduct

business in English.

Contact: Valery Zhakenov, Managing Partner

531 Seyfullin Prospect, 8th Floor

Almaty, 480091, Kazakhstan

Tel: +7-3272-63-73-47, 63-73-67

Fax: +7-3272-63-75-49

E-mail: zhakenov@astel.kz

or U.S. Embassy Commercial Service:

531 Seyfullin Prospect, 3rd Floor

Almaty, 480091, Kazakhstan

Tel: +7-3272-58-79-20

Fax: +7-3272-58-79-22

E-mail: almaty.office.box@mail.doc.gov

Source: BISNIS Representative Kazakhstan

BARNAUL, RUSSIA

Industry: Flour Production

Company: Melnitsa, LLC

Melnitsa, LLC was established in 1992. The company specializes in flour production. It plans to expand its business to

include the production of high-quality flour used in macaroni

production. The company seeks a joint venture with a U.S.

company to produce flour.

A potential partner would contribute modern equipment

with a productivity of 220 tons per day. The company will contribute its work force, production space, and other facilities.

Contact: Oleg Shershnev, Director

84 Promyshlennaya Street

Barnaul, 656056, Russia

Tel: +7-3852-248888

Fax: +7-3852-261421

Source: BISNIS Representative in Novosibirsk

KHABAROVSK, RUSSIA

Industry: Telecommunications

Company: Vostokinfocosmos

Vostokinfocosmos is a joint-stock company, which currently

employs 43 people. The company rents its digital and voice

links and communication circuits to U.S., Japanese and domestic businesses, and provides international and long-distance

telephone communications. At present, the satellite communication center and digital terminal satellite stations VSAT connected with the company’s independent network are operating

in the largest cities and remote settlements of the Russian Far

East. Numerous hotels, joint ventures, timber, mining, and other

operations are among the company’s corporate clients.

Vostokinfocosmos plans to become one of the chief founders

of Khabtel joint-stock company, a new telecommunication service provider in the Khabarovsk Krai, which is supposed to get

some 20 percent of the regional market of regular telephone

services. Taking into account the high rate of profitability currently enjoyed by the Internet providers in Russia, the new

company will acquire and operate a modern Internet module

and seeks a U.S. partner for cooperation in that field. A business plan can be submitted in English upon request.

Contact: Victor Popolitov, Commercial Director

61 Kalinin Street

Khabarovsk, 680000, Russia

Tel/Fax: +7- 4212-217-661, +7-50931-40-3045

E-mail: popolitov@gin.global-one.ru

Source: BISNIS Representative in Khabarovsk

KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA

Industry: Metallurgy

Company: Sibelectrostal Metallurgical Plant

Sibelectrostal Metallurgical Plant was established in 1952.

The company specializes in the production of rolled metal consisting of steel and alloy. The company employs 2,000 people,

and its annual turnover totals US$11 million. The company

plans to expand its business to include the production of tungsten wire and rods for lamps and electro-vacuum devices. It
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plans to produce the JN REF-801092000 type tungsten wire

with a diameter of 0.05 - 1.5 mm at the annual amount of 800

million meters, and the JN REF 81019300 type tungsten rod

with a diameter of 1.5-10 mm at the annual amount of 10 million

units.

The company seeks a joint venture with a U.S. partner to

produce tungsten wire and rods, and to market it in the NIS and

Asian countries.

Contact: Yevgeny Savinov, General Director

1 Kutuzov Street

Krasnoyarsk, 660050, Russia

Tel: +7-3912-336661

Fax: +7-3912-333045

Source: BISNIS Representative in Novosibirsk

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Industry: Professional Cleaning

Company: CleanStar

CleanStar is a Moscow-based professional cleaning company that also distributes household chemicals and equipment.

It seeks to place an order for manufacturing cleansing napkins

in the United States using its chemical solution.

CleanStar seeks a U.S. manufacturing company that specializes in the production of a wide variety of paper products in

the paper napkins category; has a production line for making

soaked/saturated napkins packaged individually; and can place

CleanStar’s logo on the napkins.

CleanStar wants to produce non-reusable napkins of 20x20

centimeters that are saturated with its special chemical solution for cleaning stains. The napkins would be similar to the

hygienic napkins distributed by airlines to their passengers.

The production process for the paper used to manufacture

the napkins will be supplied by CleanStar; however, U.S.-made

paper can be used. The chemical solution used to saturate the

paper will be supplied by CleanStar. The saturation and purchase of the napkins will be done by the U.S. partner on its

production facilities.

CleanStar is interested in establishing a long-term relationship with a U.S. manufacturer that offers the best terms and

quality. Payment and delivery terms can be discussed.

Contact: Alexander Anatolievich Moskalenko

General Director

Leninsky Prospect 29

Moscow, Russia

Tel/Fax: +7-095-955-4224

E-mail: cleanstar@mtu-net.ru

Source: FCS and BISNIS Representatives, Moscow

TVER OBLAST, RUSSIA

Industry: Paper and Cardboard

Company: Kamenskoe Paper and Cardboard Mill

Founded in 1829, the Kamenskoe Paper and Cardboard Mill

from Kuvshinovo, Tver Oblast, was privatized in 1993 and is

now an open joint-stock company. It employs 1,605 people

and owns 86.9 sq. m. of production facilities. Its production

facilities are mainly one- and two-floor brick and reinforced

concrete buildings. In 1998, Kamenskoe sales totaled 106.9

million roubles (approximately US$4.45 million at US$24/rouble

exchange rate).

Kamenskoe specializes in the production of paper, corrugated cardboard, and goods manufactured from paper and cardboard (cellulose and manufacturers paper, polygraph goods,

packaging materials, etc.). The state agencies purchase 3 percent of Kamenskoe’s production, private businesses – 19 percent, and retail stores – 3 percent. Local companies account

for 5 percent of sales, regional for 19 percent, and federal - 69

percent, and foreign companies purchase 7 percent the of mill’s

product (Argentina is the main importer of Kamenskoe products). The Kamenskoe Paper and Cardboard Plant is the leading Tver Oblast producer of paper and cardboard products and

does not face competition from regional companies. Kamenskoe

Paper and Cardboard Plant processes recycled paper to produce corrugated cardboard, which is not a general trend among

cardboard manufacturers in Russia. Fifty percent of the manufactured cardboard is assembled at the plant into boxes, and

the rest is sold to other plants, including a former Search for

Partners participant company, Gotek from Kursk.

Kamenskoe Paper and Cardboard Plant seeks a US$4million

investment to expand its production of corrugated cardboard

and boxes. The company would like to install a line for the

production of transport and commercial packaging from corrugated cardboard. The project is included in the "State Program

for Economic and Social Development of Tver Oblast in 1998-

2005.” A business plan in Russian is available upon request.

The estimated payback period is 32 months.

Contact: Boris Ivanovich Orlov, General Director

Kuvshinovo, Oktyabrskaya, 5

Tver Oblast, 172110, Russia

Tel: +7-08257-4-44-56, 3-29-26, 4-41-94, 3-29-46

Fax: +7-08257-4-44-56

Source: BISNIS Representative in Moscow

YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA

Industry: Consumer Electronics Manufacturing

Company: Avtorskiye Tekhnologiyi

Avtorskiye Tekhnologiyi was established in 1990 and is

totally privatized. The company is part of a large holding company, Atompromkompleks. Atompromkompleks owns shares

in over 40 local companies, specializing in manufacturing, distribution, and construction. Avtorskiye Tekhnologiyi specializes in engineering and manufacturing consumer electronics.

The company established a joint venture with Bompany,

the Italian stove manufacturer in 1997. Currently, this joint
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venture manufactures gas and electric stoves in Yekaterinburg.

Avtorskiye Tekhnologiyi also manufactures control units for

Stinol refrigerators, which have gained popularity due to their

quality, reliability, and reasonable prices.

The 1998 financial crisis pulled many imported products off

the local market because of their higher prices. Avtorskiye

Tekhnologiyi seeks a partner to deliver technology and equipment to manufacture microwave ovens in Yekaterinburg. The

company will invest in its facilities and equipment.

Contact: Aleksandr Loshchenko, Director General

Atompromkompleks

47, Ul. Manevrovaya

Yekaterinburg, 620050, Russia

Tel: +7-3432-52-42-01

Fax: +7-3432-52-42-07

E-mail: root@ustinol.e-burg.su

or Yevgeniy Zykov, Director

Avtorskiye Tekhnologiyi

27, Ul. Montazhnikov

Yekaterinburg, 620041, Russia

Tel: +7-3432-41-63-61, 41-58-43

Source: BISNIS Representative in Yekaterinburg

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Industry: Electronics and Production/Test Equipment

Company: Elvest

Elvest was established in 1991 and is totally privatized. The

company engineers and sells vacuum commutation equipment.

It leases 170 sq. m. of facilities for its laboratory and engineering departments. Elvest engineers vacuum chambers, vacuum

circuit switchers, and vacuum switch gears with different capacities. After the products are engineered and tested, the

company places orders for production at local plants. Elvest is

Russia's and the NIS’ monopoly manufacturer for vacuum chambers, vacuum circuit switchers, and vacuum switch gears. Its

clients are the largest Russian metallurgical enterprises, oil procuring companies, and the largest energy manufacturing enterprises.

Elvest has experience working with foreign companies. It

has been cooperating with Siemens to engineer and manufacture certain types of vacuum switches for several years.

Elvest seeks U.S. companies to jointly engineer and manufacture vacuum commutation equipment for Russian standards.

The company would appreciate cooperation with such manufacturers as General Electric, SPD Technology, and JOSLYN.

Contact: Stanislav Chistyakov, Director General

Roman Chistyakov, Deputy Director

(Contact for foreign companies)

3G, Ul. Shefskaya

Yekaterinburg, 620017, Russia

Tel: +7-3432-39-66-34

Fax: +7-3432-39-64-28

E-mail: elvest@dialup.mplik.ru

Source: BISNIS Representative in Yekaterinburg

VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA

Industry: Construction Materials

Company: KDVO

KDVO, a joint-stock company, was established in 1994 as a

wholesaler of construction materials. Its annual sales grew

from US$250,000 to US$1 million as a result of aggressive marketing and intensive distribution. Since 1997 KDVO has been

an authorized distributor of Hanwha Chemicals, a large South

Korean chemical producer. The company started marketing

Hanwha’s plastic window technology in the Primorsky Krai

and later expanded its efforts to other regions. As of August

1999, KDVO owns 110 sq. m. and leases 800 sq. m. of production facilities. Its latest project is a new promotion program

that includes assistance to individuals interested in starting a

business by providing technology, training, equipment, and

materials.

KDVO is seeking a U.S. partner interested in marketing construction technologies in the Russian Far East. Possible forms

of cooperation include distributorship, representation, and/or

franchising.

Contact: Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Zherebyatnikov

General Director

3 Sukhanova Street, Suite 78

Vladivostok, 690091, Russia

Tel: +7-4232-265-792

Fax: +7-4232-225-790

E-mail: kdvo@usa.net

Source: BISNIS Representative in Vladivostok

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, RUSSIA

Industry: Fisheries

Company: White Eagle Ltd.

White Eagle Ltd. was established in 1995 and is involved in

the fisheries industry. The company employs workers on a

permanent contract basis; it does not own any on-land facilities at the moment. Currently, the company’s management is

interested in finding a U.S. partner to provide a fishing vessel

or willing to sell one to the company. The vessel will be repaid

in caught fish. A business plan is available in Russian. The

following two types of vessels are needed: seiner trawler (maximum length: 35.68 meters; maximum width: 8.80 meters; maximum displacement: 548.8 tons; dead-weight: 120.5 tons; number of decks: 2; speed:10.7 knots) and refrigerated trawler (maximum length: 44.81 meters; maximum width: 9.31 meters; maximum displacement: 781 tons; dead-weight: 208 tons; number of

decks: 1; speed:11.4 knots). The company is receiving additional fishing quotas and a vessel is needed to capitalize on

them.

Contact: Strijkin Vladislav Ermolajevich, President
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241B Mira Ave., Office 139

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693000, Russia

Tel: +7-42422-54936

Fax: +7-4242-723270

E-mail: bisnisys@fraec.org

(via ABC Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)

Source: BISNIS Representative, ABC Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

If you have difficulties in contacting this company, you are

welcome to send your information via the BISNIS representative: bisnisYS@fraec.org, or satellite fax +7-509-951540 (accessible through SPRINT).

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Industry: Ecological Services

Company: Environmental Company of Sakhalin

The Environmental Company of Sakhalin is involved in ecological monitoring, marine engineering studies, and environmental consulting. Established in 1997, it now employs 20

people and owns office space in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The

company’s annual sales total about US$180,000. The Environmental Company of Sakhalin has been contracted by a local oil

and gas consortium.

The Environmantal Company is interested in three projects.

1) It is seeking a U.S. lessor of a specially equipped vessel

for environmental monitoring of offshore work during the drilling period of the Sakhalin oil consortium. A potential partner

would train Russian personnel how to use the vessel.

2) It is also seeking a U.S. partner to carry out environmental studies on the shelf where oil and gas developments are

taking place. The project includes conducting a feasibility

study, including a study of the types of wastes generated during drilling, their scope, and optimal methods of waste processing and types of equipment needed. A joint venture could

be formed for these purposes.

3) It is also seeking a partner in the United States to participate in a project to print a specialized map of Sakhalin and its oil

fields. Potential purchasers of the atlas would include local oil

and gas companies and their subcontractors.

References for the company can be obtained from the American Business Center in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or from the Exxon

company representative, Brian Reepp at +7-4242-77358.

Contact: Tatyana Valerjevna Gnezdova, Marketing Director

426 Mira Avenue, Block #2

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693000, Russia

Tel/Fax: +7-4242-428926

E-mail: DEN@snc.ru

Source: BISNIS Representative, ABC Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

If you have difficulties in contacting this company, you are

welcome to send your information via the BISNIS representative: bisnisYS@fraec.org, or satellite fax +7-509-951540 (accessible through SPRINT).

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Industry: Oil Field Development

Company: DASCK

The DASCK company is located in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,

Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East, which is the current place for

several multinational oil development projects. The company

was established in 1997 and currently employs 10 people. It

was established in order to explore oil and gas deposits onshore Sakhalin in the north, Nogliki district (current location of

Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 oil and gas multinational consortia

work). The company used its assets to purchase the necessary licenses from the Russian authorities. Currently they possess licenses and the necessary permits to explore and develop 3 small fields, each having approximately 20 million tons

of carbohydrates, oil and/or gas, depending on what the results of the appraisal drilling will be. The company has an

investment plan in Russian.

The company seeks a U.S. investor in order to develop the

oil fields and sell the oil products on the international and/or

domestic market. Marketing of oil and gas will be done by

further agreement with a potential partner. The company is not

interested in being contacted by intermediary companies.

Contact: Sergey Vasilyevich Simankov, Director

32, Kommunistichesky Ave., #517A

 P.O. Box 24

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693000, Russia

Attn: Elena Sabirova, for DASCK Company

Tel: +7-4242-727124

Fax: +7-4242-727125

E-mail: bisnisys@fraec.org

Source: BISNIS Representative in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

UKRAINE

Industry: Medical Products

Company: Mokosh

Mokosh, a closed joint-stock company, was founded in 1928

and privatized in 1994. The company is not currently in operation. It rents 2.8 hectares of land and owns approximately 8,000

sq. m. of production and warehouse space.

The company seeks a direct partnership or a licensee operation with a U.S. business to launch local production of medical bandages, which are not currently produced in Ukraine.

Supply of equipment for the production of the bandages would

be from an American partner. A distribution agreement could

also be an option. A summary of a business plan in English and

a technical plan in Russian are available upon request.

Contact: Yury Bryukhan, Director

24, Krasnoarmiyska Vul.

Volchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, 312510, Ukraine

Tel: +380-5741-2-20-36
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Fax: +380-5741-2-25-93

or International Executive Service Corps:

Laurence J. DeMark, I.E.S.C. Volunteer, Ukraine

Tel: +380-572-40-91-33; +651-487-2920.

Fax: +380-572-40-94-15

E-mail: iesc@iesc.kharkov.ua

Source: International Executive Service Corps Volunteer in

Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Industry: Electrical Metalworking

Company: Elektro Techmontazh

Elektro Techmontazh was established in 1977 and privatized in 1996. The company specializes in the manufacture of

heating, filtering, and cleaning devices for transformer oils, as

well as production of hydraulic load lifting devices. The company owns 4,500 sq. m. of office, production, and warehouse

facilities, and rents 6,400 sq. m. of land. The company has 100

skilled employees. Its sales in 1998 totaled US$60,000, though

it has the capability of producing enough product for sales of

US$1 million. The company has experience in exporting to its

principal clients in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. Elektro

Techmontazh is located in a suburb of Kharkiv, close to the

Ukrainian-Russian border.

The company seeks an American joint venture partner. The

joint venture will specialize in selling the company’s products

to third country markets, operating as a distribution center, or

assembling related products.

Contact: Viktor Kostelyanets

Deputy Director for Technical Matters

Podvorki, Dergachi Rayon

Kharkiv Oblast, 312024, Ukraine

Tel: +380-572-70-39-72

Fax: +380-572-70-39-72

E-mail: viktor@vvkost.kharkov.ua

or International Executive Service Corps Contact:

Laurence J. DeMark, I.E.S.C. Volunteer, Ukraine

Tel: +380-572-40-91-33; +651-487-2920.

Fax: +380-572-40-94-15

E-mail: iesc@iesc.kharkov.ua

Source: International Executive Service Corps Volunteer in

Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Industry: Medical Equipment

Company: State Appliance Assembling Plant (after T.G.

Shevchenko) of the State Production

Conglomerate MONOLIT

State Appliance Assembling Plant (after T.G. Shevchenko)

of the State Production Conglomerate MONOLIT is a government enterprise. The company specializes in producing and

assembling electronic systems for electricity power management, telephone stations, and aerospace navigation systems,

and industrial electronic and medical equipment. The company

employs 7,000 people. Its design bureau has developed most

of its products. The company holds ISO 9001 certificates for

medical equipment and electronic management systems. Its

annual production totals US$30 million. The company has strong

government contacts and international experience with 18 companies in China, the NIS, and Bulgaria, as well as experience in

two joint ventures. The company plans to expand its business

to further develop its production of medical equipment.

The company seeks a joint venture to produce and sell

medical equipment and other products. The U.S. partner would

prepare technological documentation, and supply industrial/

testing equipment and raw materials. A summary of a business

plan in English and a full business plan in Russian are available

upon request.

Contact: Oleksandr Shpeyer, General Director

Voladymyr Hrytsenko, Head Engineer

Jury Zahorovskiy, Consultant in External Affairs

Oleksandr Zribniak

Head of External Affairs Department

99, Vul. Zhovtnevoyi Revolutsii

Kharkiv, 310644, Ukraine

Tel: +380-572-23-1160; 12-6337; 12-5709; 12-6170

Fax: +380-572-27-5680

E-mail: zish@monolit.kharkov.ua

Source: BISNIS Representative in Ukraine

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Industry: Travel and Recreation

Company: Planeta - M

Planeta - M was established in 1992 as a limited liability

company. The company specializes in travel and recreation

services. It rents an office of 80 sq. m. in Odesa, Ukraine, and

holds licenses from the Ukrainian State Tourism Committee and

Ukrainian Ministry of Justice for providing tourism and travel

facilitation services. Its annual sales total US$30,000. The company has international business experience and cooperation

contracts with travel companies in the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Austria, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the Slovak

Republic, France, Turkey, Russia, and Hungary. The company

plans to expand its services to include facilitation of recreation

in and travel to the countries of South and North America, as

well as reception of tourists from those countries.

The company seeks to establish cooperation with U.S. travel

and recreation companies to expand a range of services to countries of South and North America, as well as assist U.S. companies in facilitating travel to Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

Contact: Liudmyla Rohovska, Director

40, Uspenska Vul.

Odesa, Ukraine, 65011
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Tel: +380 (482) 25-0396

Fax: +380 (482) 34-4549

E-mail: mplaneta@te.net.ua

Source: BISNIS Representative in Ukraine

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Industry: Electric Appliances Distribution

Company: Technical Service Enterprise of Automated Management Systems

Technical Service Enterprise of Automated Management

Systems (TSPASU) was established in 1989 as a partnership.

The company specializes in distributing electric, lighting, and

cable products; conductors; industrial diamond tools; food

processing equipment; and electric appliances installation services. It rents 85 sq. m. of office space and about 20,000 sq. m.

of land. The company holds exclusive distributorship rights

for the Moscow Industrial Company of Diamond Tools, Moscow, Russia, and has had import and distribution experience

for 7 years. Its annual sales total US$500,000. The company

plans to expand its business to include importation and distribution of U.S. electric and lighting appliances, cable and conductor products, and small diesel power stations.

The company seeks a distribution agreement with U.S. suppliers. TSPASU would market, distribute, deliver, and install

U.S. electric and lighting appliances, cables, conductor products, and small diesel power stations. A business plan in English is available upon request.

Contact: Volodymyr Liashenko, Director

129/131, Borschahivska Vul.

Kyiv, Ukraine, 252056

Tel: +380-44-457-1570

Fax: +38-44-457-1570

E-mail: tspasu@ukrnet.net

Source: BISNIS Representative in Ukraine

UZBEKISTAN

Industry: Tourism

Company: Posyet Tour Company

The Posyet Company, established in 1995 as a legal services provider, opened a new tourism division in early 1999, the

Posyet Tour Company, and received a tourism license (#381-

98). There are 15 employees in the company three of which

work in the tourism division. The company provides tourism

services to both citizens of Uzbekistan and foreign tourists.

Although the tourism division is newly opened, over the past

5 months, it has already organized tours for 15 Uzbek citizens

to South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia. There

are no tours for Uzbek citizens to the United States since U.S.

visa issuance for Uzbek citizens is beyond the scope of the

company. Therefore, Posyet is interested in establishing partnerships with U.S. tourism companies to organize tours from

the United States to Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries. The company can organize special tours to ancient cities

of the Silk Road, such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand,

Tashkent, and neighboring countries. The company offers an

extensive list of services for foreign tourists, including visa

support, and arranging accommodations, transportation, meals,

tour guides, and interpreters.

Contacts: Vosil Abidov, Director General

Ekaterina Korobkova, Deputy Director

Chilanzar -7, 26/62

Tashkent, 700096, Uzbekistan

Tel: +998-712-78-46-47

Fax: +998-712-173-46-47

Source: BISNIS Representative in Uzbekistan

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Industry: Consumer/Medical Products and Packaging

Material

Company: ORION

The private firm ORION was established in 1994 in

Samarkand. The firm’s activities include a diverse range of businesses. Specifically, the company owns nine retail shops, including two supermarkets, a drugstore, and a barber shop. In

addition, the company owns buildings in some production factories. In 1994, the firm set up a joint venture with German

producers, which was primarily involved with the import of

food stuffs and consumer goods. In 1999, the firms’ turnover

reached US$5.5 million , US$2 million of which was reached

during the first quarter of 1999. The company holds a license

from the Central Bank for currency conversion. In November

1997, ORION opened an agricultural market, “Mar-Mar,” at the

trade production complex with a total area of 2300 sq. m. The

entire complex includes a bakery shop, beauty salon, commercial shop, industrial goods shop, meat products shop, and one

covered winter pavilion. The company owns warehouses with

space totaling 2,500 sq. m. It has extensive experience in working with foreign companies from France, Germany, Turkey, the

United States, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Belgium.

Currently, ORION is interested in expanding its activities

and setting up a joint venture with an American company to

produce cotton wool, medical bandages, female hygiene products, and packing materials made of transparent polypropylene pellicle with phlexographical multicolor print for food stuffs.

The company needs to obtain equipment for all of the abovelisted items. It is looking for partners on these projects.

Contact: Fizullo Ziyaev, Director

5 Timur Malik Street

Samarqand, 703000, Uzbekistan

Tel/Fax: +998-3662-31-04-25

Source: BISNIS Representative in Uzbekistan
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