E-Malt.com News article: 2246

Ukraine: French malt producer Malteurop Group is to launch a malting plant on May 15 this year in Kharkov, Ukraine, near Rogan Brewery, Daniel Huvet, Malteurop’s CEO has recently told Ukrainian press. Malteurop invested about US$ 14.8 million in plant building. At the beginning the plant was intended for the production of 46 thousand tonnes of malt per year. However during the work the company has decided to increase the plant capacity to 100 thousand tonnes of malt per year. The maximal volume is planned to be reached at the beginning of 2005. First of all the new plant will supply malt to Ukrainian breweries. In the future it will export its malt to Russia and Caucasus. Malteurop’s malting plant will be the largest in Ukraine and will process about 120-140 thousand tonnes of barley per year. The company intends to purchase the barley from the local farmers. The plant is being built on the territory of Rogan Brewery. It is known that Malteurop is investing 3 million Ukrainian hrivnas in Kharkov agriculture.

25 February, 2004