Type Privately held company Founder Valentin Yefimov Headquarters Kiev, Ukraine Parent organization Roshen | Industry confectionery Number of employees 3 000 Founded 1874 | |
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Kiev Roshen Factory (Ukrainian: Київська фабрика ROSHEN), formerly known as the Karl Marx Kiev Confectionery Factory. (Ukrainian: Київська кондитерська фабрика імені Карла Маркса) is the largest confectionery company in Kiev, Ukraine, and the most important subdivision of the Roshen Confectionery Corporation.
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History
The factory was founded in 1874 by Valentin Yefimov. In 1923, it was named after Karl Marx by the Soviet authorities in order to celebrate his 105th anniversary. Petro Poroshenko acquired control over the factory soon after its privatization in the 1990s, making it the basis for the future Roshen Corporation; a major modernization with Western equipment followed.
It is unclear when exactly the Roshen decided to officially rename the factory dropping the "Karl Marx" part.
Products
The factory produces more than 100 different products of confectionery, including a variety of chocolate bars, candies, cakes, cookies, and fruit jellies. Among the factory's best-known brands are: "Kyivsky" cake; "Kyiv Vechirniy" chocolate and nut candies; "Chaika", "Teatralnyi" and "Alionka" plain chocolate bars and other products.