Czech firm opens biodiesel component plant

16 October 2007 19:09  [Source: ICIS news]

PRAGUE (ICIS news)--Czech company Primagra said on Tuesday it had opened a koruna (Kc) 100.0m (€3.6m/$5.15m) plant for production of the biodiesel component, rapeseed methylester (ROME).

A spokesman for Primagra, a subsidiary of Czech agricultural commodities holding Agropol Group, said the facility would initially target around 35,000 tonnes/year of output but would enter into an expansion phase which would target around 70,000 tonnes/year.

The plant is in Milin, Central Bohemia, and employs 170 people.

Agropol set up Primagra after deciding against pursuing a stake in the largest Czech ROME producer, Setuza.

(€1 = Kc27.57/$1 = Kc19.42)

By: Will Conroy
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