# Brandford launches first phase of new production site in Kostroma

Russian commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Brandford launched the first phase of a new production site in Kostroma, Russia, with a 15,400 sqm building on 5.5 hectares. Investment was 800 million rubles, and the project is expected to reach full capacity in 2023, creating 1,300 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-12-01
- Where: Kostroma, Russia
- Value: $10.8M (800.0M RUB)
- Jobs: 1,300
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 40,000 units per year
- Products: commercial refrigeration equipment
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Brandford](https://endata.com/companies/51551.md)

## Sources

- [new-retail.ru](https://new-retail.ru/novosti/retail/brandford_zapuskaet_pervuyu_ochered_novoy_proizvodstvennoy_ploshchadki9331/), 2020-11-30: "На полную мощность проект выйдет в 2023 году, когда откроется вся производственная площадка."
- [smi44.ru](https://smi44.ru/news/economy/zavod-brendford-v-kostromskoy-oblasti-zapuskaet-pervuyu-ochered-novoy-proizvodstvennoy-ploshchadki/), 2020-12-01: "Сегодня завод запускает первую очередь новой производственной площадки."

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