Industrial index up 9.7% thanks to new factories

(Basonghean.vn) - In 2015, many factories were inaugurated and put into production, creating new products for the province and pushing Nghe An's industrial index up 9.7% compared to the same period in 2014.

Provincial leaders visit the soy sauce production line at Masan MB factory.

These are factories: Masan MB Industrial Center in the Southeast Economic Zone with products: instant noodles, fish sauce, soy sauce, instant coffee, inauguration of a raw water supply plant with a capacity of 200,000m³/day and night (November 2015); on December 14, 2015, an additional MDF wood factory went into production with two wood bar processing lines with a capacity of 12,000 m³/year and MDF fiberboard processing line with capacity: 130,000 m³/year. Previously, the Royal Food factory of Thailand in the Southeast economic zone came into operation.

According to the report of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee: Industrial production index in December 2015 increased by 38.36% compared to the previous month, increased by 11.84% compared to the same period. The high demand for construction at the end of the year led to a sharp increase in industrial products, which are raw materials for the construction industry; some products increased sharply because businesses prepared goods to meet the year-end consumption demand. Some products in December 2015 increased quite well compared to the same period: construction stone increased by 34.72%, draft beer increased by 3.2 times, bottled beer increased by 14.3%, cement increased by 15.41%, commercial electricity increased by 19.63%, ...

Control system of Nghe An raw water plant pumping station. Photo: Thu Huyen.

In 2015, the industrial production index increased by 9.7% compared to the previous year. Of which, the mining industry increased by 15.1% (mainly due to the increased construction demand during the year, so the output of quarried stone products increased sharply); the processing and manufacturing industry increased by 9.69% (mainly due to some new production facilities that have stabilized their operations and found a market for their products, so their output increased quite a bit, and the output of input products of the construction industry increased).

Chau Lan