Enzym Group
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| products = Products based on yeast cell for food (extract, flakes), feed (additives for animal husbandry and aquaculture), alcohol (yeast for craft alcohol), baking (yeast, mixes and additives)
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| founder = Orest Vovk
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| hq_location_city = Lviv
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| key_people = Olena Vovk (owner), Rostyslav Vovk (owner)
| services = Development and production of products based on yeast cell
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| divisions = PJSC "Enzym Company" (Lviv, Ukraine), LLC "LinkCell" (Lviv, Ukraine), ExtraCell Ingredients Sp.Z.o.o (Krakow, Poland)
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Enzym Group is a biotech company in Eastern Europe specializing in developing and producing products based on yeast cells.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title=Суперфуд для США й АТБ. Як створити глобальну біотехкомпанію в Україні? Інтервʼю зі співвласницею Enzym Group Оленою Вовк |url=https://forbes.ua/company/superfud-dlya-ssha-i-atb-yak-v-ukraini-buduvati-globalnu-biotekh-kompaniyu-intervyu-zi-spivvlasnitseyu-enzym-group-olenoyu-vovk-22122023-18075 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}{{Cite web |last=Dolmatova |first=Anastasia |date=8 September 2023 |title=EBRD, EU and Switzerland help transform Ukraine yeast producer |url=https://www.ebrd.com/news/2023/ebrd-eu-and-switzerland-help-transform-ukraine-yeast-producer-.html |website=European Bank for Reconstruction and Development}} The company was founded in 1994.{{Cite web |title=Експортна історія успіху "Компанії Ензим" або львівське коріння європейськ... |url=https://export.gov.ua/145-eksportna_istoriia_uspikhu_kompanii_enzim_abo_lvivske_korinnia_ievropeiskogo_khliba |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=NEWP |language=uk}} It is one of the largest yeast manufacturers in Eastern Europe.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-12-23 |title=Ukraine’s ExtraCell Ingredients on making yeast, the brave new world of biotech fermentation, and Monday meetings in the bomb shelter |url=https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/12/23/Ukraine-s-ExtraCell-Ingredients-on-making-yeast-the-brave-new-world-of-biotech-fermentation-and-Monday-meetings-in-the-bomb-shelter |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=foodnavigator.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Підприємцем 2023 року за версією Forbes Ukraine став співзасновник monobank Олег Гороховський — Forbes.ua |url=https://forbes.ua/news/pidpriemtsem-2023-roku-za-versieyu-forbes-ukraine-stav-spivzasnovnik-monobank-oleg-gorokhovskiy-08122023-17786 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}
History
In 1870, the Grund brewery was founded in Lviv, where yeast was later produced as a by-product.{{Cite web |title=Ми були найвідсталіші в області. Зараз експортуємо товар в 14 країн світу |url=https://tvoemisto.tv/exclusive/enzym_vid_pyvovarinnya_do_vygotovlennya_drizhdzhiv_80573.html |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=tvoemisto.tv}}{{Cite web |title=Андрій Кирчів |url=https://www.ji.lviv.ua/n36-1texts/kyrchiv.htm |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.ji.lviv.ua}}{{Cite web |last=Софія |first=Легін |date=2022-10-04 |title=Кривчиці, Яловець, Професорська колонія, На Горах, Підгори – околиці міста Львова • Фотографії старого Львова |url=https://photo-lviv.in.ua/kryvchytsi-yalovets-profesorska-koloniia-na-horakh-pidhory-okolytsi-mista-lvova/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Фотографії старого Львова |language=uk}} In 1922, the Lviv Joint Stock Brewery Company and the Vienna-based Mautner Markhof Company established the joint stock company "Lysynetska Pressed Yeast and Spirit Factory" on the brewery's premises.{{Cite book|url=https://esu.com.ua/article-17904|title=Ензим|last=Марко|first=Н. В.|publisher=Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України|volume=9|language=Ukrainian|isbn=978-966-02-2074-4}} After World War II, in 1945, the Lviv Yeast Factory emerged at the site of the Lysynetska factory, producing bakery yeast.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-29 |title=Львівські дріжджі – історія пива і не тільки |url=https://mylviv.city/lvivski-drizhdzhi-istoriya-pyva-i-ne-tilky |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=mylviv.city}} The last years of the USSR were challenging for the factory: the equipment became outdated, and employees engaged in constant theft. In the 1980s, the enterprise changed CEOs seven times.{{Cite web |last=Грабовенський |first=В. |title=АНАЛІЗ І ПРОГНОЗИ РОЗВИТКУ РИНКУ ХЛІБОПЕКАРСЬКИХ ДРІЖДЖІВ УКРАЇНИ |url=http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/bulletins/index.php/economics/article/download/6963/6971 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105231738/http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/bulletins/index.php/economics/article/download/6963/6971 |archive-date=2019-11-05 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=publications.lnu.edu.ua}} In 1989, Orest Vovk was appointed the company's CEO, and the company entered the revival period.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-18 |title=Бізнес у трьох поколіннях. Як спадкоємці Ореста Вовка будують глобальну сімейну компанію "Кормотех" — Forbes.ua |url=https://forbes.ua/company/biznes-u-trokh-pokolinnyakh-18112020-543 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}} On July 7th, 1994, the enterprise was reorganized into the Closed Joint Stock Company "Enzym", undergoing full automation and computerization of production processes. By 1996, "Enzym" was the first in Ukraine to produce dry yeast, and in 2003 the company started export activity.{{Cite web |last=Журба |first=Анна |date=2021-03-16 |title=Вони просто нагодували корову дріжджами |url=https://zaxid.net/voni_prosto_nagoduvali_korovu_drizhdzhami_n1513376 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}}
By 2003, the company's market share had grown to nearly 50% in Ukraine. In 2003, to diversify the business, Orest Vovk decided to create Kormotech,{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-03-17 |title="Ензим" і "Кормотех" пожертвують 4 млн грн для лікарень Львова на боротьбу з коронавірусом |url=https://zaxid.net/enzim_i_kormoteh_pozhertvuyut_4_mln_grn_dlya_likaren_lvova_na_borotbu_z_koronavirusom_n1499445 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}} Ukraine's first pet food manufacturing company, a global company with teams in Ukraine, Lithuania, and the US, ranking 51st in the global pet food manufacturers ranking.{{Cite web |title=Top Pet Food Companies |url=https://www.petfoodindustry.com/top-pet-food-companies |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Petfood Industry |language=en-us}} The family of Ukrainian entrepreneurs Vovk owns Kormotech. Rostyslav Vovk, the son of Orest Vovk, holds the position of chairman of the supervisory board and CEO.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=Kormotech за 20 років змінив український ринок їжі для котів і собак та ставлення до тварин. Як компанії це вдалося — Forbes.ua |url=https://forbes.ua/company/kormotech-za-20-rokiv-zminiv-ukrainskiy-rinok-izhi-dlya-kotiv-i-sobak-ta-stavlennya-do-tvarin-yak-kompanii-tse-vdalosya-08112023-16886 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}{{Cite web |title=Кормотех |url=https://theukrainians.org/spec/familybusiness/kormotech/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Сімейні справи}} In 2011, the company changed its type and name to the Private Joint Stock Company "Enzym Company".
In 2004–2005, the company launched a two-stage wastewater treatment system.{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-11-23 |title=Компанія "Ензим" презентувала власні очисні споруди на міжнародному екофорумі |url=https://zaxid.net/kompaniya_enzim_prezentuvala_vlasni_ochisni_sporudi_na_mizhnarodnomu_ekoforumi_n1373906 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}}{{Cite web |date=2015-11-20 |title="Компанія Ензим" презентувала інноваційний проект очисних споруд на міжнародному екологічному форумі |url=https://dyvys.info/2015/11/20/kompaniya-enzym-prezentuvala-innovatsijnyj-proekt-ochysnyh-sporud-na-mizhnarodnomu-ekolohichnomu-forumi/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=dyvys.info}} In 2014–2015, the system was updated with two additional anaerobic reactors and a pressurized flotation station.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-07-27 |title=Нічого не пропаде дарма |url=https://zaxid.net/nichogo_ne_propade_darma_n1522460 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}} In 2020–2021, the company started the fourth phase of modernizing the wastewater treatment system, having invested about 11 million euros wastewater treatment.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title="Компанія Ензим" виграла грант ЄБРР на кліматичні інновації. |url=https://zbruc.eu/node/107681 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Збруч |language=uk}}{{Cite web |title=Біогаз з очисних споруд майже повністю забезпечує потреби львівського підприємства |url=https://uprom.info/news/energy/biogaz-z-ochisnih-sporud-mayzhe-povnistyu-zabezpechuye-potrebi-lvivskogo-pidpriyemstva/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=uprom.info}}
In 2014, the company decided to produce biotechnological products based on yeast cell.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-10 |title=Як перетворити виробника дріжджів на біотех-компанію? "Ензим" кардинально змінив офіс. Що з цього вийшло |url=https://forbes.ua/company/27-rokiv-enzim-viroblyae-drizhdzhi-a-teper-ide-shche-y-u-biotekh-u-kompanii-khochut-shchob-ofis-tezh-vidobrazhav-kurs-na-innovatsii-yak-viglyadae-prostir-shcho-sponukae-do-zmin-10022022-3587 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}} By 2020, "Enzym Company" had established its own R&D center,{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-01-15 |title=Дріжджі, екстракти, інновації |url=https://zaxid.net/drizhdzhi_ekstrakti_innovatsiyi_n1512975 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}} and started cooperation with Saarland University (Germany). The company also created and commercialized a new product - probiotic yeast for animal husbandry and aquaculture. In 2020, the company started building a new production line for yeast extracts LinkCell.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-15 |title="Компанія Ензим" вперше в Україні запустить виробництво дріжджових екстрактів {{!}} Журнал "АгроЕліта" |url=https://agroelita.info/kompaniya-enzym-vpershe-v-ukrajini-zapustyt-vyrobnytstvo-drizhdzhovyh-ekstraktiv/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=agroelita.info |language=uk}} The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a loan of 10 million Euros for this project.{{Cite web |title=Компанія Ензим |url=https://city-adm.lviv.ua/lmr/promislovist/zustrichi-z-promislovcami/3823-kompaniia-enzym |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=city-adm.lviv.ua}} The total investment amounted to about 26 million Euros.{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-12-23 |title=ЄБРР погодив 10 млн євро кредиту для львівської компанії "Ензим" |url=https://zaxid.net/yebrr_pogodiv_10_mln_yevro_kreditu_lvivskiy_kompaniyi_enzim_n1512293 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ZAXID.NET |language=uk}}{{Cite web |last=foodnavigator.com |date=2022-12-23 |title=Ukraine’s ExtraCell Ingredients on making yeast, the brave new world of biotech fermentation, and Monday meetings in the bomb shelter |url=https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/12/23/Ukraine-s-ExtraCell-Ingredients-on-making-yeast-the-brave-new-world-of-biotech-fermentation-and-Monday-meetings-in-the-bomb-shelter |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=foodnavigator.com |language=en-GB}}
In 2023, Enzym Group launched the first production of yeast extracts in Ukraine (LinkCell). Company Revenue by the end of 2023 is 46,2 million euros.
Activity
The co-owners of Enzym Group are the family of Ukrainian entrepreneurs: Olena Vovk and Rostyslav Vovk — the children of Orest Vovk, the founder of Enzym Group. As of January 2024, Olena Vovk holds the position of Chairwoman of the company's Supervisory Board. The CEO of Enzym Group is Andriy Tsehelyk.
Enzym Group includes three companies: PjSC "Enzym Company" (Lviv, Ukraine), LLC "LinkCell" (Lviv, Ukraine), and ExtraCell Ingredients Sp.Z.o.o (Krakow, Poland). The company's main office is located in Lviv, Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=ПРАТ "КОМПАНІЯ ЕНЗИМ" |url=https://opendatabot.ua/c/00383320 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=opendatabot.ua}}
The company's key activities include the production of yeast and additives for baking, yeast for craft alcohol, feed additives for animal husbandry and aquaculture, and yeast-based ingredients for the food industry.
Over 60% of the company's products are exported to 23 countries worldwide (Europe, Asia, and Africa), including Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, and others.{{Cite web |last=Григор’єва |first=Соломія |date=2020-07-06 |title=Мер Львова вручив компанії "Ензим" подяку за допомогу місту під час карантину |url=https://city-adm.lviv.ua/news/economy/280075-mer-lvova-vruchyv-kompanii-enzym-podiaku-za-dopomohu-mistu-pid-chas-karantynu |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=city-adm.lviv.ua}} In Poland, Enzym Group initiated a project for the small packaging of pressed yeast under the brand name "Drożdże Lwowskie". Enzym Group is the largest producer of yeast in Ukraine and one of the largest in Eastern Europe. As of 2021, over 50% of industrial bread-baking enterprises in Ukraine use the company's products.
In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Enzym Group and Kormotech purchased ventilators and other medical equipment for the needs of medical institutions in Lviv, totaling about 4 million UAH.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title="Ензим" і "Кормотех" закупили засоби захисту для медиків та апарати ШВЛ для 3 львівських лікарень |url=https://city-adm.lviv.ua/news/science-and-health/medicine/277763-enzym-i-kormotekh-zakupyly-zasoby-zakhystu-dlia-medykiv-ta-aparaty-shvl-dlia-3-lvivskykh-likaren |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=city-adm.lviv.ua}}
In 2022, the brand "Lvivski Drizhdzhi" donated 20% of its profits to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces, having transferred in total 4,000,000 UAH for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.{{Cite web |title=Готуємо паску із "Львівськими дріжджами" та допомагаємо ЗСУ ® |url=https://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2022/04/20/248295/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Українська правда. Життя |language=uk}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-13 |title=Пончики з характером і перші в житті сінабони. Як діти з Херсонщини через малювання та випікання повертають собі дім |url=https://hromadske.ua/posts/ponchiki-z-harakterom-i-pershi-v-zhitti-sinaboni-yak-diti-z-hersonshini-cherez-malyuvannya-ta-vipikannya-povertayut-sobi-dim |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=hromadske.ua |language=uk}}