KYIV, Sept 25 - UBC Group, a Karkiv-based refrigeration equipment producer, invested EUR 18 million in the first stage of a refrigeration equipment plant in Vinnytsia, the company reported Monday.

"Now we are completing the construction and expect that the first stage of the plant will start producing test lots of top-opening freezers in December. The capacity of the first stage is 60,000 pieces per year, its budget is EUR 18 million," UBC Group President Ihor Humenny said.