ASTON

International
trade

In 1997, the company first started to implement
trading operation. Today, ASTON is
the leader of sunflower oil export, the third largest
exporter of russian grain and production of
bottled oil. In 2016, ASTON took
1 place in the ranking of "200 largest companies-
exporters of Russia" in the food industry.

Shipbuilding and ship repairing

Shipbuilding plant Moryak has modern
equipment for ship repairing and modernization.
The plant serves ships with the length of
150 metres and weight of 5000 tons.

Production of foodstuffs

Products of ASTON are vegetable oils,
special fats for foodstuff industry, components
for production of mixed fodder. The capacities
of plants located in Millerovo and Morozovsk allow
to produce more than 2 400 tons of raw materials
and to fill nearly 1 million bottles a day.

Production of food ingredients

Starch plants produce a wide range of more
than 20 types of molasses, starches and syrups,

food products and animal feeds, including modified,

native, oxidized and cationic starches, as well as

glucose-fructose syrups and corn oil for more than

350 partners in the sector B2B.

Agroindustry

6 agricultural enterprises with a total area of 38284.3 ha.

ASTON implements and uses an effective energy-

and resource-saving technologies. The park of agricultural

machinery constantly get restocked with high-tech machines

of the leading russian and worldwide brands.

Logistics

ASTON provides international and domestic
transportation by marine, railway and automobile
transport. The company has over 300 automobiles,
tank wagons, tankers, dry cargo river-sea class,
bulkers Kavkaz, water terminals on bank
of the river Don.

areas

6 key areas of activity: production of foodstuffs and food ingredients, international trade, logistics, shipbuilding and shiprepairing, agricultural production.

employees

ASTON is proud of the team that has being built many years - it numbers more than 3700 employees! Loyal employees help the company to hold the leading positions at the market.

export countries

ASTON sells its products across Russia and into 35 countries including CIS countries, Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa.

elevators

Network of 8 elevators with total storage capacity of more than 660 000 tons of grain. All ASTON stand-alone silos are located in the wheat and sunflower belts of Russia.

tons of oil per year

2 modern oil extraction plants with a total processing capacity of 2 400 tons of seeds per day, which allows to produce about 330 000 tons of vegetable oil per year.

About company

For more than 20 years ASTON has been one of the largest companies in Russia for the production of food and food ingredients. ASTON is the largest exporter of vegetable oils, the leading processor of oilseeds, the third largest exporter of Russian grain. The company includes more than 20 divisions in various regions of the Russian Federation, including plants for the production and processing of vegetable oil, enterprises for the production of starches and syrups, elevator complexes, terminals on the river Don, ship repair plant, dry cargo ships of the "river-sea" class, tankers for the transportation of vegetable oils, bulk carriers for the transshipment of grain crops.

Our factories

Millerovo branch of ASTON JSC

The capacity of the processing plant is up to 1200 tons of oilseeds per day. Advanced innovative, energy-efficient technologies have been introduced, which allowed to reduce the costs of processing oilseeds.

Morozovsk branch of ASTON JSC

Today, the Morozovsk branch produces vegetable oils of the famous Russian brands Zateya, Volshebny kray, Svetlitsa, ASTON, as well as products under its own brands of the largest retail chains.

KPZ Novlyanskiy LLC

The plant produces and sells natural and high-quality ingredients from corn: native starch, starch syrup (caramel, maltose, high and low-sugar), as well as by-products.

AKP, ADM & Aston Joint Venture

This is a high-tech, equipped with modern technology industrial giant, confidently occupying a leading position among the largest enterprises of the Russian starch industry.

News

Russia's Top Grain Traders Create a New Union of Grain Exporters

Today, on April 23, 2019, ASTON Company, together with Russian traders, including Glencore Agro IGC LLC, United Grain Company Yug LLC (OZK-Yug LLC) and Trading House RIF LLC have signed a memorandum on the creation of the Union of Grain Exporters.

On April 18, 2019, the official keel laying ceremony for two new ASTON ships, DIANA MARIA and EKATERINA, was held in Shanghai

ASTON continues its cooperation with Chinese shipyards for construction of modern ships with 8,000 tons dead weight.

Morozovsk branch of ASTON JSC is 15 years old

On April 12, 2019 ASTON group of companies celebrated 15th anniversary of Morozovsky Oil Extraction Plant.

International trade