Russia: SUN Interbrew announced the start-up of the malting plant in Saransk

SUN Interbrew announced on December 15 the official start-up of the malting plant as a present to �Sun Interbrew� Saransk affiliate at the 20th anniversary.

Announcing the start-up of the malting plant, Joseph W. Strella, Chief Executive Officer of �SUN Interbrew� stated, that �Start-up of the Malt House is of great importance both for the company and for economics of Mordovian republic. We are looking forward to malt production of the world quality level�.

On starting-up the malting plant, �SUN Interbrew� almost fully covers the needs of brewing plants of the company in malt of high-quality. Malt, produced at the plant, will be used for beer production, including �SUN Interbrew� international beer brands such as �Stella Artois� and �Beck�s�.

The history of brewing in Saransk goes back to 1985, when the first bottle of beer came out from the line at the Plant �Saranskiy�, which produced beer and soft drinks. At the beginning of the 90s the plant became joint-stock company and Saransk brewing Company was established. In 1993 the enterprise was merged into �SUN Brewing�, and in 1999 � into �SUN Interbrew� corporation. Since then, it is a constituent part of it.

�SUN Interbrew� started construction of the new Maltings in Saransk in October, 2003. Simultaneously, up-grade and capacity increase of the existing Maltings was carried out. After the construction completion and plant start-up, the total production capacity of �SUN Interbrew� in Saransk is 144 thousand tons as malt per year.