Our history

Svarog West Group Corporation is the youngest and most dynamically developing agrarian company in Khmel'nytsky region. Currently, the corporation consists of 26 enterprises located in both Khmel'nytsky and Chernivtsy regions and operates in all spheres of agriculture including: crop growing, livestock breeding, gardening, vegetable growing, etc. The corporation's top executive is Chairman of the Board, Andriy Gordiychuk.

Every year the corporation expands its industrial horizons and cares of maintenance of high quality of production.

2003

• On the 20th March the Shepetivka Sugar refinery founded an independent agrarian department, witch main objectives were ensuring sugar production using only self-produced raw materials;
• The work has begun on 4000 hectares of land belonging to the two farms with the lowest development indices and culture of manufacture (Shepetivka district);
• To save the crop rotation was introduced the cultivation of sugar beet and cereals;
• For processing was purchased the first modern tractor Massey Ferguson 9240, the remaining equipment was used from the farms "Ustyanivske" and "Gorodyshchens'ke";
• By the end of the year number of employees was 200 person.

2004

• The area of land was increased to about 8 thousand hectares, including 350 hectares in Slavutsky area;
• It was purchased the first tractors brand Kase and Fend 926, as well as two seederes Amazone with technology of exact seeding;
• It is conducted applications of new technologies, and also modern protection frames of plants and fertilizers;
• Productivity on hectare and total gathering of agricultural crops are increased by 20 %;
• The number of employees was 300 people;
• Created Podilskyy Hospodar Ltd., witch main activity is stockbreeding. The enterprise operates on a farm in Pylyai village. Initial number of the fattening stock – 160 heads;
• In order to provide the enterprise with high-quality sowing materials and to heighten qualitative and quantitative harvest indices, the enterprise engages elite seed-growing farm Lotivka-Elit Ltd. in Shepetivka district;
• Foundation of Seredynetske Ltd., which technically serves agrodepartment economy on maintenance of all spectrum of agricultural works;
• Deepening of ongoing and effective cooperation with a number of plant breeding centers and research stations, such as the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Science's Odessa Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Kyiv Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Zhytomyr Agricultural Polissya Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kyiv Institute of Crop Farming, Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences V.M. Remeslo Myronivka Institute of Wheat, and the Vinnytsia Agricultural Research Station.

2005

• Expansion of livestock breeding through the launching of dairy stockbreeding at the Lotivka village farm.
• Tightening of relations with the trade representative offices of well-known foreign companies which provide and maintain foreign-manufactured machinery;
• The technical base, except the rests of tractors since times of collective farms, has replenished on 37 units of powerful technics of foreign manufacture;
• The area of land, located in the processing, is 15 thousand hectares;
• In Slavutsky area is grown up the corn and new cultures of soya;
• The number of employees - 1000 people;
• Creating a new industry – vegetable growing;
• Building of vegetable storage and the purchase of equipment.

2006

• Launching of a vegetable-growing project in Hrytsiv village, Shepetivka district. Like other developments, the new branch was introduced with the most advanced technologies. The decision was made to grow vegetables on irrigated lands. Vegetables such as onions, carrots, and potatoes were grown using drip irrigation, while overhead irrigation was used to grow cabbage.
• Purchase and renovation of a nonfunctional vegetable storage in Shepetivka. The first stage of renovation was the installation of cold-proof and ventilation equipment for storing 1,200 tons of onion.
• The corporation decides to dispose of old machinery and procures a substantial number of foreign-manufactured machinery units, including combine harvesters, seed drills, tractors, and beet loaders from quality manufacturers such as Massey Fergusson, Lexion, Hollmer, and Kleine Mause.
• On December 27th Svarog-2006 Corporation gained official corporate registration status.At this time the company is comprised of 6 agricultural enterprises in the Khmelnytsky region.

2007

• New enterprises, located in the Shepetivka and Slavuta districts of the Khmel'nytsky region, undertaking crop planting, stockbreeding, meat and milk production, join the corporation.
• The corporation sets up nine new enterprises in Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi regions specializing in crops, vegetables, fruit growing and also cattle breeding.
• Acquisiton of 161 hectares of new intensive apple orchards (on medium- and low-height tree stocks) in Sokyriany district, Chernivtsy region. The technology used is drip irrigation. Launch of the first phase of the Intensive Orchards in Bukovina project in Sokyriany district, Chernivtsy region – establishment of 30 hectares of pear orchard on medium- and low-height tree stocks.
• Further modernization and expansion of the vegetable storage project in Shepetivka through the installation of refrigerating equipment and ventilation systems for larger amounts of onion, cabbage, and potato.
• One of the best milk production complexes in Ukraine, using Italian-made Milky Line equipment, was opened in September in Velyka Medvedivka village, Shepetivka district;
• 12 plastic-covered greenhouses for growing ecologically clean tomatoes were built in autumn in Sokyriany on a total area 0.5 ha.
• Opening of a service complex in Mokiivtsi village, Shepetivka district with the purpose of concentrating all machinery and transport resources in a single place and creating all necessary conditions for repair and maintenance services.
• Svarog-2006 Corporation becomes the winner of the Benefactor of the Year national contest in Khmelnytsky region;
• The All-Ukrainian Association of Employers declares Svarog West Group Corp. Chairman of the Board А.А. Gordiychuk to be the winner of the national prize of Employer of Ukraine 2007 Leader for preservation of the existing and creation of new work places and also for social maintenance of business;
• The first issue of the monthly corporate newspaper “Svarozhe Kolo” is published.
• Сommenced production line of organic production.

2008

• Svarog West Group Corporation consists of 23 agricultural enterprises located in Khmel'nytsky and Chernivtsy regions.
• Total cultivated area: 75,000 hectares.
• Number of livestock: 12000 heads.
• In Shepetivka vegetable storage facility was increased up to 2.6 thousand tons;
• The construction of one of the largest and best apple and pear storage facilities in Ukraine using only top of the line equipment was finished in Chernivtsy region.
• Investments into machinery in 2008 were 65 mln. UHR.
• More then 1, 8 mln. UHR were spent on different social projects including regular address aids.
• August 29, new enterprise "Svarog-Vidrodzhenya", which is responsible for lands in Hotyn area, entered the corporation.
• Chairman of «Svarog West Group» corporation Andriy Gordiychuk decorated with st. Nicholas Order and the Order of Honor on the occasion of 1020 th anniversary of Christening of Rus.
• 27 November, local fire brigade station in Mokievtsy MTC (Shepetovsky area) was opened.
• The construction of the third frame type cowshed based on milk-commercial complex in the Velyka Vedmedivka village. Project capacity – 400 cows.
• established children's art contest, which was attended by 80 works: paintings, poems and cards.
• Introduced a new way of preserving grain in plastic bags

2009

• Technical Park Corporation added four tractors, three self-propelled sprayers and two drills foreign proceeding;
• Foundation Cup Corporation futsal. Cup team won the "Podolsky master" (Department of Livestock);
• Is children's art competition, held under the theme "My future - from his native land, the competition brought together 120 works;
• September 24, Corporation Svarog West Group in conjunction with the company Amaco organizes holiday - Day of the field, where there was an exhibition of the latest developments in the field of agriculture;
• Autumn in Sokiryanskaya region Chernovtsy region commissioned a new powerful fruit storage, which can store at the same time 2500 tons of apples and pears.
• The enterprises of the corporation produces 40 tons of high quality milk daily.
• In Sokiryanskaya area increased area of intensive gardens to 343 hectares, of which 247 hectares of apple trees, 72 ha of pear trees and 22 hectares of plums;
• Growers are reconstructed, which is located in Shepetivka - A new ventilation system, as well as new refrigeration equipment, which allows to maintain high quality products.

2010

• The technical park of the Corporation is refilled with 5 tractors (John Deere 8295 R), 2 harvester-threshers (John Deere W 850), sowing machine (Grean Plase 3S4000H), 3 Farmed compactors, 2 throwers of mineral fertilizers, Challenger sprayer.
• Slavuta division of “Shepetivka realbase of grain products” OJSC (it has 11 stores that can place near 30 thousand tons of grain) joined to the Corporation.
• The Corporation becomes the founder of Khmelnytsky Regional Charitable Foundation “Strengthening Communities” that is a separate legal unit and has the right to attract and distribute extra investments for villages of Khmelnychchyna and Chernivechchyna.
• The third stage of Children`s creation contest “My future is in my native land” was held. 120 children took part in the contest.
• The Corporation and “Eridon” company jointly organize holiday “The Field`s Day”, its practical part takes place in Svarog fields. The number of participants is near 80 persons, directors and agronomists of economies in Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Ternopil regions and Kiev.
• 50 tons of high quality certified milk are produced per 24 hours in the livestock raising enterprises of the Corporation.
• The Corporation is a constant participant of agricultural exhibitions, seminars of Ukrainian and International levels.