A Kazakhstani company, Canadian Chicken, has begun constructing a large poultry processing plant in the Kostanay region. The plant will have an annual capacity of 50,000 tons of poultry.
The construction, set to be completed in several stages by 2029, will create 500 new jobs. The project, spanning 300.5 hectares, is valued at $114 million.
According to Canadian Chicken, the new facility will be equipped with technology from leading producers, including Meyn, a Dutch company specializing in poultry processing equipment, Pass Reform, an international manufacturer of high-end incubators, and Big Dutchman, a German company known for its poultry feeding and stock-keeping equipment.
Canadian Chicken specializes in chicken breeding, processing and poultry preservation.
The company, led by Alexander Savchuk, is registered with the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and was founded by Khalisha Savchuk and Tatyana Moiseenko. (There is no publicly available information about them.)
Alexander Savchuk also heads and owns another company, Canagrotek, which will contribute its expertise to the new poultry plant project in the Kostanay region. According to Factories.kz, there are currently 15 poultry plants in Kazakhstan: four in the Akmola region, three each in the Almaty and Karaganda regions, two in the Aktobe region, and one each in the Pavlodar, Kostanay, and East Kazakhstan regions.
