INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Golden Gate Golf Club - Started in February 2000, this golf course and resort appears to be the most promising for the earliest possible opening of an 18 hole golf course. The golf club is situated in beautiful Koncha Zaspa region with 3 rivers bordering the land. The full resort will consist of an 18 hole course, a driving range, a pitch and put course or an additional 9 hole course, a putting green, and full resort facilities. The resort facilities will include a Clubhouse, restaurant, condominium hotel, bars, a health club, swimming pool, river beach area, tennis courts, villas, and an outdoor theater. The course and resort will be built, designed, and managed by Pro-W (Ukraine) with their affiliates in the USA, Europe, and Ukraine. Mr. Prochorenko, GM of Pro-W (Ukraine) advises that the resort will be fully operational in 2001. Only settlement of environmental issues prevented the opening of part of the facilities in 2000.

 

 

 

>> Find the club page on GolfUkraine.com


Hollywood Trident Network
45th Floor, 707 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, Ca 90017

Hollywood Trident Network Moves Forward on Several Projects HOLLYWOOD,U.S.A. The Hollywood Trident Network met at the Faculty Center of UCLA on Tuesday, December 12th, 2000 to tackle a number of project ideas. The well-attended dinner meeting reviewed several project proposals and made several commitments to follow up.

Firstly, the meeting agreed to contact some of the local television stations to investigate whether it will be possible to launch a new television program in the English language in the Los Angeles area dealing with Ukrainian matters. Andriy Semotiuk agreed to report back in this regard.

The Network also picked up on previous discussions about helping film students in Ukraine who need access to classic Hollywood films that might be supplied to them through videos purchased here and sent over to them by our community. The Network will inquire into the film centers in Ukraine to determine the viability of undertaking this venture and once that is determined, Jim Makichuk has agreed to spearhead this effort. We expect to turn to the community for financial help in this regard as soon as we can confirm the details in Ukraine.

A project entailing the creation of a core group for the Ukrainian Film Institute (Harvard West) project was also briefly mentioned and it appears that a meeting on this theme will be held shortly. The Network may hold a film festival in Los Angeles to raise money with respect to the institute idea and will hold discussions with film makers in this regard.


The possible importation of a Ukrainian musical group who sings in English to Hollywood was discussed, but the conclusion was that more could be done by encouraging such talent to record a good demo in Ukraine than by investing heavily in travel and accommodations here without having for the group.

A brief on the progress of circulating Janchuk's Famine 33 film dubbed into English was also provided. The project is on going.

The meeting concluded with an agreement that the group should meet again on Thursday, January 18th, 2001 at 7 p.m. at UCLA. Please mark your diaries and RSVP if you can attend on that date.

The Hollywood Trident Network was formed at a meeting in Los Angeles on December 7th, 1999. The operational agenda of the Hollywood Trident Network is to facilitate contact among members interested in the entertainment industry and Ukrainian affairs.

Recipients of this email message are encouraged to forward it to anyone they think may be interested in this matter. Anyone who would like to join the Hollywood Trident Network should contact:

Andriy J. Semotiuk at Manning & Marder,
45th Floor, 707 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90017.
Telephone (213) 624-6900. Fax (213) 624-6999.
Email: ajs@mmw.com.
The Hollywood Trident Network's email address is HTG@usa.com.
Holoprystansky Vynzavod, Inc.
Contact name: Olexander Moisenchenko
Activities: Production and sales of dry and sweet wines, raw materials for producing champagne. Seeking to expand production to be able to satisfy needs of the wider range of customers

Contacts:
Address: 8239, Ukraine, Kherson oblast,
Hola Prystan, 16 Gagarin St.
Phone/fax: +380 (5539) 2-37-74, 2-31-81
E-mail: yss@tlc.kherson.ua
"Lybid" Farm.
Contact name: Leonid Goldman
Activities: Production of tomato paste, canned fruits and vegetables. At present the farm owns 'LANG - 16' conveyer line that produces 160 tons of product daily. The company plans to expand its business seeking investments to buy and install equipment for the hygienic packing of tomato paste.

Contacts: Ukraine, Kherson oblast,
Belozersky Rayon, village of Muzykivka
Phone/fax: +380 (5547) 2 - 17 - 40
Private firm "South Line"
Chairman: Mr. Serhiy D. Kalusovsky
Contact persons: Mr. Artem S. Kalusovsky, Ms. Tatyana A. Kulagina

Address: 10, Tekstilschikov ave., apt. 40 Kherson 73000, Ukraine Phone/fax +38 0552 51 82 62
e-mail: tkulagina@rambler.ru Activity: Established 1997. Staff of 14.

The main direction of activity is agriculture (working on plants and ground protection from weeds, diseases and pests; maintaining agribusiness equipment with spare parts, petroleum products etc.; rental services of the machinery for plowing and cultivation of the soil; rental of transport services; manufacturing and processing of agriproducts)

Investment sought in the following projects:
Project 1: Manufacturing tomato paste. (Equipment: Hungary Line "Lang-16") Total cost of the project /without the raw materials - $ 370 000. Supplied from "South Line" - $ 310 000
Period of 1 year
Needed investment- $ 60 000.

Project 2:
Cultivation of tomatoes with the Hungary Line "Lang-16". Total cost of the project $ 110 000.
Supplied from "South Line" - $ 60 000.
Period of 1 year
Needed investment - $ 50 000.

Project 3: Developing chemical treatment and pesticide technologies. Cost of the project depends on the size of the project area Supplied from "South Line": equipment and 80,000 hectares of land for a growing season, or period of 1 year.
Needed investment per 1000 hectares - $ 10 000.
Type of investment sought: delivering agrichemical products or credit for their purchase.

Project 4: Cultivation of grain
Total cost of the project $ 110 000.
Supplied from "South Line" - $ 60 000.
Period of 1 year Needed investment - $ 50 000.
Kherson Business "Success Story" Semtravi, Inc.
2 Promishlennaya
Kakhovka,
Kherson Oblast
Ukraine
Tel/fax: (038-05536) 3 35 61
Contact: Serhiy Ivanovich Vashchenko

Semtravi Inc. is an agri-business firm in Kherson oblast identifying itself as having successfully sought and cultivated investment relationships with foreign business partners such as Unifex, Inc. of Ontario, Canada and Bayer, GmbH of Germany. When asked to comment on the secret of their success, Semtravi Director Serhiy Vashchenko had the following comments:
• "We operate in one of the most attractive regions of Ukraine. Kherson oblast is situated in southern Ukraine, providing a wonderful climate for agriculture. In this region we have the largest area of remarkable Ukrainian black soil, much of which is irrigated. Thus, Kherson is able to produce the highest levels of grain of all the regions of Ukraine. The oblast administrators actively support private business by implementing programs to develop the agricultural export sector of the economy.
• Our business is concentrated on serving agricultural producers. We value our clients and strive to provide them with the highest quality goods and services. Our company focuses on major agricultural producers, and also on small-scale agriculture.
small-scale agriculture.
• We use modern technologies including western-manufactured equipment. We are constantly searching out and integrating modern technology and equipment.
• Our company employs a staff of qualified specialists. The top management includes specialists in the sphere of agriculture and economics. Over the years the leading specialists have received training in the USA. The personnel are systematically trained in part at seminars provided by US government-sponsored programs, and others. The management collaborates with a Ukrainian consulting firm, which participates in the BIZPRO* project on questions of business restructuring, thus improving our administrative/accounting systems."

Semtravi, Inc. welcomes the possibility of finding US business partners.
Experimental farm 'Askaniyske'
Director: Vera Naidyonova
Contacts: Ukraine, Kherson oblast, Kakhovsky rayon, village of Tavrychanka
Phone: + 380 (5536) 3 45 28

Activity: Producing seeds of grain, fodder and technical crops, planting and growing cotton. Seeking a partner to help implement updated technologies of growing seed materials and cotton. The company needs cotton harvesters.
The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
has maintained one of its four Regional Training Centers (RTCs)* in Kherson since 1999.

Contact Information:
Kherson Southern Ukrainian Regional Training Center
23, Rozy Luxemburg str. Kherson, 325006, Ukraine
Tel. +380-552-26-77-19 +380-552-51-10-85
e-mail: srtc@cpp.kherson.ua
Larysa Olenkovska, Director

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization established in 1991 to facilitate democratic development, encourage free market reform and enhance human rights in Ukraine. The Foundation creates and sustains channels of communication between the United States and Ukraine, in order to build peace and prosperity through an exchange of information. The Foundation is dedicated to strengthening the mutual objectives of both nations and advancing Ukraine as a cornerstone of regional stability, and a full partner in the community of nations.

In facilitating business and economic development between Ukraine and the U.S., the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation seeks to facilitate an open exchange of information between business entities.
WHILE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO OBTAIN ACCURATE INFORMATION, THE U.S.-UKRAINE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE VALIDITY OF CLAIMS MADE IN THE COMPANY PROFILES NOR DOES IT ENDORSE ANY CORPORATE ENTITIES MENTIONED HEREIN.
The Foundation provides no opinions or judgments regarding the likelihood of success or failure of any possible venture. We, therefore, recommend due diligence on the part of any potential business partners.

If your company is interested in being included on the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation's Business Links Database of potential business partners for sharing among our counterparts, please send us a profile of your company's interest to bizlinks@usukraine.org. Please include: contact name, company name, address, phone, fax, e-mail, web address, area of business interest (i.e. software, textiles, etc.). Please also send us an e-mail (with contact information, including mailing address) if you would like to be included in future mailings or if you do not wish to receive any further issues of Business Links.
   
Pro-W (Ukraine)
Working under: http://www.Ukraine-Today.com Portal to Ukraine.
Founded: 1997
Employees: 26
Directors: Walter Prochorenko and Lina Artemyshyn >
Activities of Main Subsidiaries: Consulting and Internet development. Started Ukraine-Today, a major portal to Ukraine for which the URL is www.Ukraine-Today.com. Seeking to expand activities to be able to provide all types of internet services and to start Hard Copy publications of magazines relating to News about Ukraine and Internet business in Ukrainian and possibly Russian languages. Needs capital to expand news gathering and publishing areas.
Address: Bankivska 2, Suite 7 & 8, Kyiv, 252024, Ukraine.
Phone: (380-44) 293-2493 or 253-2768 or 293-1505
Fax: (380-44) 253-5201
e-mail: editor@ukraine-today.com and pro-w@ukraine-today.com
PlazmoTekhnika
Industry: Chemicals/Automotive
PlazmoTekhnika was established in 1990. The company specializes in the manufacturing of spark plugs and their parts, and car batteries. The company has a 1,800 sq. m. fully equipped industrial works. Its annual sales total US$100,000 in 1999. The company has 9 years of international business experience in exporting spark plugs and their parts to Russia and Israel. The company plans to expand its business to include the processing of old car batteries.
The company seeks a U.S. lessor of equipment for the processing of old car batteries (extracting chemical elements from them). The company is also > interested in distribution of U.S.-made spark plugs and new car batteries.
Contact: Volodymyr Morozov, Deputy Director
Address: P.O. Box 177 Mykolayiv 54058, Ukraine
Tel: +380 (512) 34-9520; 34-1086
Fax (manual): +380 (512) 341086 Email: energy@plazma.mk.ua
Action Data Group LLC
Action Data Group provides services in the areas of basic market research, corporate identity surveys, competitive analysis, due diligence, HR consulting and assistance, retail audits, and other business services in Ukraine.
Directors: Serghei Dascalu, President
Address in Ukraine: Simferopolska 21, office 301, Dnipropetrovsk, 49005
Phone in Ukraine: +380-562-36-16-76 / 36-16-77 / 36-24-34
fax: +380-562-467-025
e-mail: prez@actiondatagroup.com
web: www.actiondatagroup.com
area of business: marketing research & business consulting in Ukraine.
Luhansk Regional Organization for Entrepreneurship Support and Development "Business Incubator"
Founded: 1996
Employees: 15
Director: Shapovalova Tatyana
Main activities: Education, Consulting, Marketing Research, Availability of database: Potential Business Partners of Luhansk Region
Address: 9, Karl Marx str., Luhansk, 91055, Ukraine
Tel: (0642) 52-13-70 Fax: (0642) 42-08-69
E-mail: ppbi@tele.com.ua Contact person: Pributko Lyudmila
Opportunity for Business Internships:
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the Community Connections Program: U.S. Hosting. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c) may submit proposals to organize and implement Community Connections, a community-based, professional exchange program for business entrepreneurs and other professionals from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The objective of Community Connections is to enhance the participants' skills in business and entrepreneurship, law, local governance, management, infrastructure development, curriculum development, and other professional-level fields. The Bureau is interested in proposals that provide both professional experience and exposure to American life and culture through internships hosted by U.S. businesses and other local institutions, and home stays with local community members. An overall objective of Community Connections is to establish long-term lasting relationships among U.S. and international colleagues and communities. This program is not academic in nature. Rather, it is designed to provide practical, hands-on training in American business, legal, and public/private sector settings that can be transferred upon an individual's return home. The Bureau welcomes innovative proposals that combine elements of professional enrichment, job shadowing and internships appropriate to the language ability and interests of the participants.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS DECEMBER 1, 2000
For further information about application requirements, see the Department of State Website http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/dec01rfp.htm
The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization established in 1991 to facilitate democratic development, encourage free market reform and enhance human rights in Ukraine. The Foundation creates and sustains channels of communication between the United States and Ukraine, in order to build peace and prosperity through an exchange of information. The Foundation is dedicated to strengthening the mutual objectives of both nations and advancing Ukraine as a cornerstone of regional stability, and a full partner in the community of nations.
In facilitating business and economic development between Ukraine and the U.S., the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation seeks to facilitate an open exchange of information between business entities.
WHILE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO OBTAIN ACCURATE INFORMATION, THE U.S.-UKRAINE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE VALIDITY OF CLAIMS MADE IN THE COMPANY PROFILES NOR DOES IT ENDORSE ANY CORPORATE ENTITIES MENTIONED HEREIN. The Foundation provides no opinions or judgments regarding the likelihood of success or failure of any possible > venture. We, therefore, recommend due diligence on the part of any > potential business partners.
If your company is interested in being included on the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation's Business Links Database of potential business partners for sharing among our counterparts, please send us a profile of your company's interest to bizlinks@usukraine.org.
Please include: contact name, company name, address, phone, fax, e-mail, web address, area of business interest (i.e. software, textiles, etc.). Please also send us an e-mail (with contact information, including mailing address) if you would like to be included in future mailings or if you do not wish to receive any further issues of Business Links.
Spetspromagregat JSC of Luhansk
Company Profile:
Founded: 1996
Employees: 96
Director: Volodymyr Shyriaev
Activities of Main Subsidiaries: agricultural machinery and agribusiness, residential construction and building materials
Address: 91011, Luhansk, Ukraine, 75 Linova St.
Phone/Fax: +380 95-41-77/ 95-40-56 e-mail: everest@lep.lg.ua, everest@online.lg.ua
Gala-Capital Concern of Dnipropetrovsk
Company Profile:
Founded: 1998 President: Alexander Galagin
Activities: Marketing Research (express-marketing, information on manufacturers, buyers, sellers in Ukraine, etc.) Information Technologies (software creation, design & development of web-sites and more) Technology Transfer (providing Ukrainian manufacturers with European production technologies and know-how on a licensed basis with the aim of utilizing cheaper but skilled labor, energy and raw materials in Ukraine for producing competitive products which can satisfy not only the Ukrainian market but international ones as well)
Address:13/5 Gagarin Ave. Dnipropetrovsk 49005, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-562-478985, 410069 Fax: +380-562-371332, 478861
E-Mail: galacom@galait.dp.ua Internet: http://www.galait.dp.ua