Romania: Soufflet Malt Romania gross profit rose 3.5 times in 2006

Soufflet Malt Romania, subsidiary of French malt producer – Soufflet, announced a 2006 turnover of 54.6 mil lei (15 mil Euro), 21.5% higher than in 2005 and a gross profit of 2.7 mil lei, 3.5 times bigger than in 2005, Ziarul Financiar published May 17.

Soufflet has malt-houses in Pitesti and Buzau and silos in Pitesti, Buzau and Timisoara.

The company announced another production unity set-up in autumn 2008 in Buzau, an investment estimated at 46 mil Euro.

Soufflet Group is the biggest European malt producer and the third biggest miller in Europe.

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