Oleksandr Melanych has been appointed director general of Kyiv Confectionery Factory Roshen. Earlier, Melanych held the position of chief engineer at the factory.
The supervisory board took this decision on Aug. 9, reads a company report in the information disclosure system of the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market.
Yevhen Poltavets, who has headed the factory over the last 10 months, was dismissed voluntarily.
Roshen operates confectionery factories in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Mariupol and Kremenchuk, the Bershadmoloko dairy producer, and also confectionery facilities in Klaipeda, Lithuania and Lipetsk, Russia.
The company produces around 200 types of products. Its total annual production volume is up to 410,000 tonnes. Roshen exports its products to Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the United States, Canada, Germany and Israel.
