Sun Interbrew, one of the main beer makers of Russia has started building a new malting plant in Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russian Beer Union reported on October 22. The new plant production capacity is to be about 85 thousand tonnes of malt per annum. The construction is planned to be finished in the third quarter of 2005 year. As a result the total malt production capacity of Sun Interbrew in Mordovia will come to 130 thousand tonnes of malt per year. Now Sun Interbrew already owns a malting plant in Saransk.

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