About JSC LOTTE Rakhat

Joint Stock Company LOTTE Rakhat is one of the largest confectionary producers in Kazakhstan, tracing history over 80 years.

The first confectionery production was organized in 1942 on the facilities of the Alma-Ata spirits producer, using equipment evacuated from Moscow and Kharkov during the war.

In 1992, the Alma-Ata confectionery factory was transformed into Joint Stock Company Rakhat.

In 2013, LOTTE Confectionery, a leading confectionery company in South Korea, acquired the major stock of shares in JSC Rakhat. In 2019, LOTTE Confectionery increased its share to 95.57% acquiring the outstanding stock of shares of JSC Rakhat.

In April 2021, the Company was renamed by the Decision of the Board of Directors of JSC Rakhat as Joint Stock Company LOTTE Rakhat.

JSC LOTTE Rakhat employs approximately 4,500 persons.

The production facilities are located at two sites in Almaty and Shymkent.

The universal nature of production, its scale and the availability of its own cocoa beans processing line allow the Company for possession of the widest confectionery range among domestic manufacturers. Today, the product portfolio of JSC LOTTE Rakhat includes more than 400 types of various confectionery products breaking down into 14 different groups.

JSC LOTTE Rakhat is the only confectionery producer in Kazakhstan that has mastered the production of special products for diabetic people. This range includes several types of chocolate, sweets, cookies and wafers with reduced calorie content and sugar replacement with equivalent natural raw materials.

A distinctive feature of the JSC LOTTE Rakhat products among other Kazakhstan confectionery producers is the priority production of a vast variety of chocolate products.

There is an organized and valid internal quality system based on single responsibility and a comprehensive quality control system. This system includes quality control of raw materials and products at each production stage. Since 2013, the Company has implemented and certified the Quality Management System.

Every year, the Almaty branch of JSC National Center for Expertise and Certification confirms the validity of certificate of conformity No. KZ.Q.01.0318.C22.017157 within the compliance audit.

In 2013, a Food Quality Management System based on the principles of HACCP (HACCP – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) was implemented and certified for compliance with the requirements of the state standard of the Republic of Kazakhstan ST RK 1179-2003.

The underlying motive for implementing this system was the adoption and deployment of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 021/2011 “On food safety”, which regulates the requirements for ensuring food safety through Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points. The HACCP implementation in JSC LOTTE Rakhat has confirmed and clearly demonstrated the compliance with set and legislative requirements in the field of food safety.

Annually, the Almaty branch of JSC National Center for Expertise and Certification confirms the validity of the certificate of conformity No. KZ.Q.01.0318.C22.017158 within of the compliance audit.

In order to improve energy efficiency, JSC LOTTE Rakhat developed and implemented an Energy Management System ISO 50001:2011 in 2014.

The system implementation allows JSC LOTTE Rakhat to reduce the energy consumption due to: eliminating identified untenable energy losses and executing the operational potential for energy saving; implementing the planning and estimating system for energy consumption rates; developing a facility energy performance certificate; controlling emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere from energy activities and improving the microclimate.

Since 2016, JSC LOTTE Rakhat has received the right to manufacture products meeting the Halal requirements. The Kazakhstan Halal Industry Association has confirmed compliance with the Halal 186 standard for product names of JSC LOTTE Rakhat, including chocolate, sweets, caramel, cookies, toffee, wafers, as well as half-prepared chocolate products. The Association’s experts inspected all production stages at JSC LOTTE Rakhat, including the Shymkent production facility. A thorough analysis of the documentation for raw materials and ingredients for the confectionery production was performed.

Our products are well known in the domestic, CIS and other foreign markets. JSC LOTTE Rakhat implements the policy of maximum availability of its products in the domestic market. The JSC LOTTE Rakhat sales geography covers the whole of Kazakhstan, since the Company has distribution systems in all major cities and regional centers of the Republic. Products distribution in Almaty is executed through large wholesale buyers, as well as through branded retail stores.

The availability of JSC LOTTE Rakhat products in other regions of the Republic is executed through a wide distribution network (subsidiaries) that sell high-quality branded products. Currently, the JSC LOTTE Rakhat products are present not only in the Kazakhstan market, but also far beyond the borders of the Republic – in Russia, Germany, USA, France, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Germany, China, Afghanistan and Mongolia. Eventually, due to the interest in the JSC LOTTE Rakhat products from other CIS republics and far abroad, the Company plans to ramp-up production and expand sales markets by increasing export.

Every year, the Company generates new jobs, ensures production stability with a steady wage growth. Industrial relations with personnel are built on a Collective Labor Agreement between the employees and the employer, providing compliance with all requirements of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including safety and labor protection requirements. The Company creates conditions for the personnel allowing them to work efficiently and productively. There is a canteen with hot meals for first, second and third shifts, as well as a medical unit with top category doctors. Training and skill enhancement of various specialists is systematically performed.