On 18 August 2015, a new oil-extracting NEFIS Bio plant was opened in the Usady village in the Laishevsky District, Tatarstan. The official opening ceremony was attended by Interim Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
The new plant is the construction final stage of NEFIS Bioproduct manufacturing complex for deep oilseeds processing, which also includes Oil Refining Plant and Plant Producing Bottled Oils, Mayonnaise and Sauces. Thanks to launching new capacities, NEFIS Group will be able to process up to 1 million tonnes of oilseeds per year.
Before the launching of the production, the raw material processing capacity of NEFIS Group at OAO Kazan Oil-Extraction Plant constructed by the company in 2007 made 330 thousand tonnes of oilseeds per year. Kazan Oil-Extraction Plant produced up to 150 thousand tonnes of crude vegetable oil and 175 thousand tonnes of oil meal.