2. Roshen Confectionery Corporation is a Ukrainian confectionery manufacturing
group, controlled by Petro Poroshenko. The leading manufacturer of
confectionery products in the country, it united factories in the Ukrainian cities
of Bershad, Kiev, Vinnytsia, Mariupol and Kremenchuk, as well as in Klaipėda
(Lithuania) and Lipetsk (Russia). The name of the company was derived from
the last name of its owner, Poroshenko.
3. In 2012, the Roshen Corporation was ranked
18th in the "Candy Industry Top 100" list of
world's largest confectionery companies. It
has a total annual production volume
exceeding 410,000 tonnes
4. It exports to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, the United States, Canada, Germany and
Israel
5. Roshen makes a wide range of about 320 types of
confectionery, including chocolate and jelly sweets,
caramel, chocolate, biscuits, waffles, and cakes
7. Recently all company's facilities practice
intense and sophisticated decorative lighting
on their buildings, especially during
national holidays.
8. Roshen Fountain on Vinnytsia's Festyvalny
Isle, the only one in Ukraine and the
largest floating fountain in Europe
9. Modern high capacity equipment, strict
adherence to the production technologies,
only high quality raw materials guarantee key
strengths and superiorities of the Roshen
products.
