Turkish industrial energy equipment company Dalgakiran Kompresör has unveiled a major new production and maintenance facility close to the Ukrainian capital. The company invested UAH 400 million (approximately $10 million) in the construction of the plant, making it one of the largest single investments in the Kyiv region since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion more than two and a half years ago.
“This new facility will support increased industrial activity throughout the Ukrainian economy, enabling businesses to save money and resources,” commented Viacheslav Dinkov, director of Dalgakiran Compressor Ukraine, the local representative branch of Türkiye’s Dalgakiran Kompresör. Dalgakiran is already well established in Ukraine and has been operating in the country for nineteen years. The company currently has offices in eleven Ukrainian cities and maintains a fleet of more than seventy mobile service teams operating nationwide.
Construction work on the recently opened flagship facility in Kyiv region’s Bilohorodka began prior to the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion and continued despite the onset of new wartime realities since February 2022. The summer 2024 opening of the facility has now created fifty new work places. The cavernous plant includes production and assembly capacity along with extensive maintenance capabilities. Dalgakiran specializes in the production and maintenance of generator and compressor equipment, cooling systems, and industrial pumps.
With a particular focus in Ukraine on electrical generators, the arrival of the new plant could hardly be more timely. The targeting of Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure by Russian missiles and drones since 2022 has caused extensive damage to the country’s power grid and led to periods of rolling blackouts. This has resulted in widespread economic disruption and created significant difficulties for Ukrainian businesses.
Dalgakiran Kompresör Chairman of the Board Adnan Dalgakiran believes the decision to scale up the company’s presence in Ukraine should help foster a more robust Ukrainian business climate and increase Ukraine’s energy resilience amid the uniquely challenging wartime circumstances in the country. “With power outages, our equipment can ensure the continuity of business processes and production, giving companies the opportunity to continue working, paying taxes, and providing jobs for Ukrainians,” he commented.