Yerevan /Mediamax/. Yerevan “Nairit” Chemical Factory will be relaunched on February 1, 2009, but the forced vacation of the employees will last till March 1.

Spokeswoman of the factory Anush Harutyunyan said this in an interview to Mediamax today.

“The relaunch is a quite long lasting process, and the leadership of the factory made a decision to prolong the forced vacation of the main part of the employees for one more month”, Anush Harutyunyan stated.

According to her, no staff reductions have been realized in the factory yet, however they are probable after recalculation.

“Nairit” CJSC interrupted its activity in December, 2008, because there were no orders as a result of the global financial-economic crisis.

90% of the factory belongs to Rhinoville Property Limited Company, 10% - to the Armenian government.

As of November 1, 2008, 2742 people worked in the company. Entire “Nairit” production was exported.