Success stories
With support from USAID, Ecosoft, a Ukrainian producer of water purification equipment, is now able to expand its range of products, create 26 new jobs, and reach the pre-war production volumes. Through Economic Resilience Activity (ERA), USAID provided two new injection molding machines which manufacture water filters and their accompanying disposable cartridges. Ecosoft’s facilities are […]
In August 2023, USAID, through its Economic Resilience Activity (ERA), delivered 50 modern hopper wagons to Nibulon, Ukraine’s largest agricultural producer and grain export market leader. In over five months, these wagons have moved nearly 30,000 tons of Ukrainian grain from Nibulon’s blocked elevators to Danube seaports, which was then shipped to 25 countries. In […]
In 2023, USAID ERA purchased various equipment for agricultural companies to help enhance their grain export capacities. USAID ERA supports Ukrainians businesses two-fold; first by supporting agricultural companies increase their exporting capacity with equipment and secondly by increasing Ukrainian equipment manufacturers’ business opportunities. The procured machinery is manufactured by Ukrainian companies for local agricultural exporters. […]
In 2023, the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (USAID ERA) provided consumables to nine state phytolaboratories to enable them to respond to testing requests in a timely manner, especially those related to grain sample testing. The phytolabs received Petri dishes, test tubes, dispensers, scissors, gloves, gowns, and more. Based on tests conducted, the phytolaboratories issue a […]
Dnipro-based manufacturing company Artmetal Ukraine LLC, under a contract from USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity (ERA), is producing modular or prefabricated buildings for upgrading Ukraine’s western border crossing points (BCPs) to improve grain export logistics. Artmetal, which specializes in the manufacture of metal prefabricated and frame structures, is producing a total of 33 structures, to be […]
In the spring of 2022, Dmytro Kosilkyn, an entrepreneur from the Luhansk Oblast, moved his garment production to Dnipro. This year, he received a grant from the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (USAID ERA) to purchase new, high-performance industrial equipment consisting of 15 different sewing machines and associated parts. Since 2015, the Kosilkyn family from their base […]