Corporate events

VKG for the good of its employees

In 2008 a Chemical Worker`s Day, town festival, under the guidance of VKG took place the eighth time. This festival is specific to an oil shale town and according to tradition takes place last Saturday of May, it is planned first of all for workers of oil shale processing industry and their families. The program of the Chemical Worker`s Day includes a concert, different contests and competitions between enterprises. Chemical Worker`s Day became an entertainment for whole the town, with some thousands of people as participants.

Due to economic stagnation, there was no Chemical Worker`s Day held in 2009. Notwithstanding, in 2010 the festival will be held keeping its best traditions and together with other enterprises of the town of Kohtla-Järve: Nitrofert, Genovique Specialities, Remeksi Keskus, Novotrade Invest.

For the sixth year in a row the concern organizes in cooperation with town authorities of Kohtla-Järve a holiday for its long-service employees. According to the tradition existing at VKG, the holiday takes place early October in the house of Culture Centre of Kohtla-Järve. Each time there is a concert program prepared for long-service employees, and there is a table set with champagne. The holiday is assisted by over 400 long-service employees of our production.

In August 2009 a traditional First Year Pupil`s Day took place at VKG as well. The organizers of this holiday were VKG, Nitrofert and Novotrade Invest. Unlike previous holidays, this time the event took place in Rakvere as an indoor water park opened there is situated close to Kohtla-Järve and has already became popular among the town-folk.

As it usually is, all future first years got a big schoolbag with all school supplies required as a present from the concern. A festive lunch for children and their parents was served in the café Arabella which belongs to the hotel and was reserved specially for this occasion.

Altogether 39 children got congratulations from the concern. First Year Pupil`s Day takes place at VKG for the ninth year in a row and has became a full tradition of the concern along with Long-Service Employee`s Day and Chemical Worker`s Day.