A BETTER LIVE HOME. A family from Cahul city opened a wet napkin factory
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They worked abroad, and with the money they gathered they set up a business at home. This is a family in the town of Cahul, who worked for five years in Russia and returned to the country to open a wet napkin.
"Here they are cut into strips of the size that we give, passing the cutting complex, after that is the arrangement of the napkin."
The Haralampie and Angela Bălteanu spouses searched the local market and understood that there are no wet napkin manufacturers in Moldova. So, they attended courses abroad and started working. Haralampie Balteanu is a professional engineer and says this helps him a lot in the business.
"All the arrangement of the lines, the technological process is maintained by me personally", said Haralampie Balteanu, entrepreneur.
Now the products are sold in Chisinau and the southern part of the country, but entrepreneurs wants to expand.
"The biggest problem is placing on the market, it is quite difficult. The market is divided, it is divided, it is occupied by import," said Haralampie Balteanu, entrepreneur.
The husband's wife is responsible for the production process. The experience in medicine is of use to him now.
"As we get to work, here we go, because the water needs to be cleaned, filtered, the solution has to be prepared", said entrepreneur Angela Balteanu.
The spouses also benefited from a grant of 200,000 lei, through the PARE 1+1 program. The money they got helped them buy the machine.
"Where you are not going, as home is nowhere, there is always a desire to come back, everyone has to come back home, and it can be produced, you can live at home, something good can be done," said Haralampie Balteanu, entrepreneur.
According to the site Noi.md, more and more Moldovans are coming home. The reason would be the Government's action plans, the Diaspora Bureau projects, and the grants to young entrepreneurs. Experts say the most often return families, but also young people who have done their studies abroad.
"Here they are cut into strips of the size that we give, passing the cutting complex, after that is the arrangement of the napkin."
The Haralampie and Angela Bălteanu spouses searched the local market and understood that there are no wet napkin manufacturers in Moldova. So, they attended courses abroad and started working. Haralampie Balteanu is a professional engineer and says this helps him a lot in the business.
"All the arrangement of the lines, the technological process is maintained by me personally", said Haralampie Balteanu, entrepreneur.
Now the products are sold in Chisinau and the southern part of the country, but entrepreneurs wants to expand.
"The biggest problem is placing on the market, it is quite difficult. The market is divided, it is divided, it is occupied by import," said Haralampie Balteanu, entrepreneur.
The husband's wife is responsible for the production process. The experience in medicine is of use to him now.
"As we get to work, here we go, because the water needs to be cleaned, filtered, the solution has to be prepared", said entrepreneur Angela Balteanu.
The spouses also benefited from a grant of 200,000 lei, through the PARE 1+1 program. The money they got helped them buy the machine.
"Where you are not going, as home is nowhere, there is always a desire to come back, everyone has to come back home, and it can be produced, you can live at home, something good can be done," said Haralampie Balteanu, entrepreneur.
According to the site Noi.md, more and more Moldovans are coming home. The reason would be the Government's action plans, the Diaspora Bureau projects, and the grants to young entrepreneurs. Experts say the most often return families, but also young people who have done their studies abroad.