The German building materials manufacturer Knauf has started construction of its second factory in Ukraine with an investment of €150 million, Dmytro Kysylevskyi, deputy chairman of Ukraine's parliamentary committee of economic development, said on Wednesday.
The new plant, in Borshchiv in Ukraine's Ternopil region, will have a production capacity of 30 million square meters of drywall and 320,000 tons of dry mixes, according to Kysylevskyi.
Ukraine should do more to promote its competitive advantages and showcase business success stories to attract foreign investment, as international perceptions remain dominated by the war, said Hanna Loikkanen, Chief Investment Officer at Finnfund, Finland's development financier and impact investor. While Ukraine's economy has proven resilient
Ukraine's agricultural sector is coming under growing pressure from rising labour costs, climate volatility and war-related disruptions that are squeezing farm profitability, forcing producers to rely more heavily on technology, automation and data-driven management to protect margins, according to a study prepared by Ukraine's
