Penza, 22 December 2014. PenzaNews. A new candy manufacturing line opened in the Mokshan area of the Penza region on Monday, December 22.

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The new enterprise “Vik-Invest” plans to release up to 45 thousand tons of sweets under “Sweet-Life” brand when the facility enters its full-scale four-shift output level, which will allow to both satisfy the demand in the Penza region and supply surplus production to other regions of Russia.

The new facility of 500 million rubles that utilizes imported German and Italian equipment will create 250 new jobs.

During the official opening ceremony, the Penza region governor Vasily Bochkarev has awarded Vladimir Mironov, general director of JSC “Victoria” and the co-founder of the facility, with a honorary medal “For the honor of the Penza land.”

As the press service of the regional government reports, he also presented four workers with letters of gratitude.