A large corn starch production complex is planned for construction in Ukraine’s Odesa region. BioStarch Technologies LLC intends to launch the facility within an industrial park in the settlement of Zelenohirske, Podilsk district. The plant will process up to 600 tonnes of corn per day, or approximately 198,000 tonnes per year, with corn starch as its main product.
The company has already published a notification of planned activities subject to an environmental impact assessment. The future facility is expected to be located on industrial-purpose land within the industrial park. One of the site’s advantages is access to road and rail infrastructure, which will enable the delivery of corn to the plant and the shipment of finished products.
The project envisages the development of a full-scale production complex. The facility will receive corn grain, clean and dry it, store it and subsequently process it using wet-milling technology. Finished products will also be produced, dried and packaged on site.
The plant’s designed processing capacity will amount to 600 tonnes of corn per day, or 198,000 tonnes per year. From this volume, the company expects to produce approximately 139,320 tonnes of corn starch annually. On a daily basis, starch output is projected at around 422 tonnes.
In addition to its core product, the plant will manufacture several corn-processing by-products with commercial value. These will include gluten, corn germ, dried extract and pelletized feed made from corn fiber. Daily production capacity is expected to reach approximately 27 tonnes of gluten, 40 tonnes of corn germ, 23 tonnes of dried extract and 76 tonnes of pelletized feed.
A grain storage facility with a total simultaneous capacity of 36,400 tonnes is planned for incoming feedstock. Its designed throughput will correspond to the plant’s processing capacity of up to 198,000 tonnes of corn per year.
The facility will use corn wet-milling technology. At the first stage, the grain will be steeped for approximately 36–60 hours in a sodium metabisulfite solution. After steeping, the corn will be milled, after which its main components — starch, gluten, germ, fiber and extract — will be separated and subjected to further processing.
This technology makes it possible not only to produce starch as the main product, but also to maximize the utilization of different components of the corn kernel. This will enable the company to create several commercial product streams and generate additional revenue from processed corn products.
The project is being developed by BioStarch Technologies LLC. The company is owned by Cyprus-registered Mosdale LTD and JSC Closed Non-Diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund PARS, each holding a 50% stake.
The ultimate beneficial owners of BioStarch Technologies are listed as Pavlo Kapelka and Hennadii Plihach, both registered in Jurmala, Latvia. Each holds a 28% beneficial interest in the company.
The project envisages the creation of a major deep-processing facility in Zelenohirske with annual capacity of nearly 200,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn. Its primary output is expected to reach up to 139,300 tonnes of corn starch per year, while additional processing products will allow the facility to utilize virtually all major components of the grain. The plant’s location within an industrial park with access to road and rail infrastructure is expected to provide convenient logistics for both feedstock and finished products.
