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BDZHOLOVIZ TRAILERS FROM CHERKASY OBLAST GO TO CUSTOMERS ALL OVER UKRAINE

Before the war, entrepreneur Andrii Kaidash had his own workshop in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where he manufactured trailers for transporting beehives called Bdzholoviz — also the name of his company. Kaidash had orders from beekeepers for several months in advance, and his workshop hummed with daily activity. At the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of […]

ENTREPRENEUR FROM KRAMATORSK RUNS THE LARGEST PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN IN KOLOMYIA

Hanna Oshchepkova started a network of children’s centers in Kramatorsk in 2014. She and her colleague Iryna Moskalets came up with this business idea because they wanted to give their own children an opportunity to develop. Over eight years, the partners opened four Planeta Znan (Planet of Knowledge) centers in the city, offering 26 original […]

FROM COFFEE BEANS TO WHEAT AND COAL – ENTERPRISE FROM KREMINNA MANUFACTURES SEPARATORS FOR AGRIBUSINESS

Aeromeh, a research and production enterprise from Kreminna (Luhansk Oblast) moved to the village of Yerky in Cherkasy Oblast. Founded in 2001 in Luhansk, this was the second relocation for the company. In the new location, the company’s specialists began manufacturing their main product: the SAD separator (aerodynamic separator) for grain cleaning. These machines are […]

COMPANY FROM KRAMATORSK FULFILLS ORDERS FOR AUSTRIA DURING THE WAR

Kramtechcenter, a machine-building enterprise from Kramatorsk (Donetsk Oblast), moved to Dnipro due to hostilities, but despite all the difficulties it has shipped orders for Austrian partners. The company produced grain storage containers for the customer. This week containers were taken by car to Romania, where the Austrian partners have some assets. The customer is a […]

MARIUPOL RESIDENTS DEVELOP A NETWORK OF HUBS IN THE WEST OF UKRAINE

AwareZone is the first ever coworking space for young people in Mukachevo (Zakarpattia Oblast). It was opened by several internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Dnipro, Kyiv and Mariupol. One of the initiators, Yurii Davydenko, left Mariupol and moved to Mukachevo in March 2022. Davydenko worked at 1991 Mariupol IT Hub as an event manager for […]

FROM KIGURUMI PYJAMAS TO PINK PANAMAS: BUSINESSWOMAN FROM SIEVIERODONETSK ADAPTS IN GERMANY

Olesia Vlasova and her two daughters could not leave Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast for two weeks because of heavy shelling in February 2022. Finally, they caught an evacuation bus to a camp for internally displaced persons in Zolotonosha, Cherkasy Oblast. At home, Vlasova had a business making fleece kigurumi (pyjamas in the form of animals) […]