French grain cooperative Axéréal will acquire Cargill’s malt business under the Axéréal malt subsidiary Boortmalt, affecting 15 global facilities and more than 500 people.
German malting company Weyermann is posed to tap the trend towards
organic colourings by introducing an organic version of its Sinamar
natural liquid malt colour.
A new variety of winter malting barley could provide brewers with a
better quality and more stable barley supply, say scientists who
have been developing the variety for the past decade.
The world's largest barley storage and malting plant combination
has installed innovative technology in order to realise cost
savings and real-time quality control.
Ukraine's largest malt house is to receive more than €9 million in
outside funding to double its production capacity - helping French
company Soufflet to dominate the region and make the factory a
stable source of income for...
Baltika,
Russia's leading beer brewery, has announced the start of
production at its newly constructed malt processing facility in
Tula, central European Russia. The project aims to up the company's
own supply of...
Azucarera Ebro, the Spanish food group, and its compatriot
Intermalta, a malt producer, have created a new company called
Maltacarrion which will specialise in the production of malt for
the brewing industry.
With cereal growers having benefited from increased prices this
year, attention is being paid to predictions on the 2004 crop amid
fears that the world cereals stocks could suffer because of an
over-reliance on weather and conditions.
Consulting agency Market Advice carried out an in-depth review of
the Russian brewing industry this month, with an emphasis on the
country's malt market. The findings reveal that imported malt is
consistently seen as being superior...