International Sugar Journal

Austria – Agrana converting boilers to run on fuel oil as it prepares for loss of gas from Russia [Full subscriber]

Agrana is converting boilers in sugar and starch factories to run on fuel oil as a contingency against the supply failure of Russian natural gas, according to local press reports.

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AGRANA’s 2021/22 beet sugar output increases by 200,000 tonnes [Full subscriber]

AGRANA has completed the 2021|22 sugar beet campaign at all seven of its beet sugar processing plants in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania, according to the company’s press release.

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Austria – New US$43 million betaine plant commences operations in Tullin [Full subscriber]

Beta Pura GmbH, a joint venture between sugar producer Amalgamated Sugar Company and European fruit, starch, and sugar group AGRANA, recently started operations at its new US$43 million crystalline betaine production facility in Tulln, Austria.

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Austria – Inadequate beet supply forces closure of Agrana’s one of two sugar factories [Full subscriber]

The listed fruit, sugar and starch group Agrana is to close its beet sugar factory in Leopoldsdorf next year due to significant drop in sugar beet production, making it unviable to support two factories, according to local press reports.

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Austria – Agrana and Amalgamated Sugar break ground on €40 million betaine plant [Full subscriber]

Together with the US sugar producer The Amalgamated Sugar Company, the fruit, starch, sugar company Agrana is building a € 40 million betaine crystallization plant in Tulln, Austria.

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Austria – Agrana partnering with Amalgamated Sugar to build €40 million crystalline betaine plant [Full subscriber]

The fruit, starch and sugar company Agrana has signed a joint venture agreement with the US sugar producer Amalgamated Sugar Company for the construction of a betaine crystallization plant in the sugar factory Tulln (Lower Austria), according to a recent release from the company.

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Serbia – AGRANA suspends acquisition of Sunoko [Full subscriber]

The Austrian sugar, starch and fruit company Agrana said it has suspended the negotiations for the acquisition of Serbia’s biggest sugar producer Sunoko.

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Serbia – Agrana gets regulatory approval to buy Sunoko [Registered]

Serbia’s competition regulator said it approved the acquisition of a majority stake in the country’s biggest sugar producer Sunoko by Austria’s food group Agrana, according to local press reports.

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Agrana to purchase Serbia’s top sugar producer Sunoco [Registered]

The Austrian food company Agrana has agreed to buy a majority stake in Serbia’s major sugar producer Sunoco from the Serbian agro-industrial conglomerate MK Group, the companies said in separate press releases on 29th June.

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Austria – AGRANA’s profit drops by 27% in 2014/15 [Registered]

Especially in the Sugar segment, steadily declining market prices led to a significant drop in earnings. The Starch and Fruit segments have proved a stabilising influence for profitability, with the Starch segment contributing a slight year-on-year increase in EBIT, while a moderate EBIT decline in the Fruit segment was the result of one-time factors.

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