On the territory of 4 regions company owns 4 fruit storages 14500 tons in total and one vegetable storage of 2850 tons where operating temperature regime and relative air humidity in storage premises are being observed. Gas composition of air, frequency of air replacement – all of it extends storage terms of fruit and vegetables during storage period.

Premises in the storage are being managed automatically through fuse boxes by computer. Storage temperature is kept a low of -4^o and a high of +3^o .

Refrigeration equipment and all the fruit storages are built by STOREX company from Holland which is present in more than 80 countries. All the equipment was installed by the producer, technology of storage is being observed according to Dutch fruit and vegetable storages.

Sorting fruit and berries is important for storage. Cameras that are equipped with gas-powered plants are being started only on customer’s request. Hatches are placed for products examination. Depressurization is unacceptable. If the customer wishes the surface of fruit can be processed with certain mixtures. The most popular ones are: water, wax, iodine mixture, antiseptic mixture. If this happens then it is being mentioned in environmental certificates.

	Storage temperature, оС	Relative humidity, %	Terms of storage
Apricot Plum	from 0 to +5	90	1 мес.
Pear	from -1 to +4	85-95	1-6 months
Cherry	from -1 to 0	90	10 days
Winter apples	from 1 - to 0	90-95	3-9 months
Autumn apples	from 0 –­­ to 0,5	90-95	1,5-3 months

Climate control system set up in all the fruit and vegetable storages allows to regulate microclimate in the premises. Different temperatures are being set up for different premises. There is a system of air humidification, of environment with supply and support of gaseous environment in the premises agreed with the customer.

Storage is being carried out according to GOSTs:
1.GOST R-50419-92 (ISO 2169-81). Fruit and vegetables. Conditions of storing in refrigerated warehouses. Identification of concepts and dimentions.
2. GOST 28558-90 Sertification of fridge cameras for storing fruit and vegetables. The main features.

All the staff that works at fruit and vegetable storages received training abroad. All of them are highly-qualified professionals.