BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/02/2007

Belarus: vegetable juice extraction factory to be built in Minsk

Warsaw - According to the Belarus Farming Industry Portal www.agrobel.by, a new factory to produce 100 million MT of vegetable juice a year will be built in a Minsk suburb. The construction project will be started this year near Heat Power Plant Nr.4. The first stage of the project should be completed in 2008. The factory will be using the PAT bottling technology, which is not widespread in Belarus. There will also be a Tetra-Pac line in the factory, which will be used for both home-made apple juice and imported concentrated juice. The value of the project is estimated at 10 million ?. At the moment, agencies concerned are exploring the European market of juice extraction equipment producers. They are also considering the possibility of drawing a reduced interest rate loan from the Government of China.

Source:

http://www.freshplaza.com/2007/0221/1-7_bl_juice.htm