Flax production support
The Governor of the Vladimir region Svetlana Orlova held a working meeting on the prospects of growing and processing flax. It was attended by former assistant to the President of Russia Viktor Ivanov, as well as representatives of the administration and business of the Nizhny Novgorod and Smolensk regions. Today in our country, the situation in the linen industry is changing for the better. There is a good opportunity to revive the traditions of flax growing.
The Vladimir region has great prospects in this direction. There is everything for the development of the industry:agricultural, industrial bases, highly qualified specialists can be trained in the region. Since this year, good state support measures have been introduced for enterprises that grow flax. Vladimir Putin fully supports the development of flax production.
Viktor Ivanov,ex-assistant to the President of Russia
According to Rosstat, almost 33% of finished linen fabrics are produced in the Vladimir region. To date, there are six main enterprises operating in the region: the holding company "Vladimir Textile", the Vyaznikovskoye Nonwovens Enterprise, the company "Promcenter", the society "Tamial", the Yartsevskaya factory and the Paustovskaya Weaving Factory.The indisputable advantages of modern flax-based materials are the availability and low cost of raw materials, high physico-chemical and technical qualities, minimal environmental loads, independence from foreign technology suppliers.
"Modern technologies make it possible to reduce the complexity of flax processing technology. Appropriate support from the state will make it profitable to grow high-quality, competitively priced flax, which can be used for textile production.
Svetlana Orlova,Governor of the Vladimir region
In order to start growing this crop in large volumes again, it is necessary to allocate acreage, form the material and technical base of agricultural enterprises, find sales markets, and train qualified specialists. To solve these problems, the region needs financial support from the state.
In more detail, the topic of flax cultivation will be raised at the 6th Vladimir Economic Forum, within the framework of which a round table on this topic will be held. In the meantime, the White House decided to create a working group to study the problems in the organization of the regional flax complex, as well as to consider the possibility of restoring full-cycle production from the "field to deep processing" on the basis of the former Vyaznik flax mill.
