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Posted on March 7, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleSoufflet Malt and Heineken are building a $108M factory in South Africa to locally source barley, creating jobs and supporting farmers.
By Nqobile Dludla
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Soufflet Malt and Heineken have entered into a commercial partnership in which the French grain group will invest 100 million euros ($108.51 million) to build a new malting factory in South Africa to supply malt to the Dutch brewer.
The malt factory, which is Souffle's second in Africa, will be located next to Heineken's Sedibeng Brewery near Johannesburg, and is set to be operational by mid-2027.
The partnership "means replacing 4,500 containers of barley coming from abroad for local barley from local shops, making sure that we got a shorter supply chain," Heineken Managing Director Jordi Borrut said at the signing event.
Right now, Heineken imports all of its barley for its South African operations.
Soufflet Malt, one of the world's largest malt makers, will source 100% of the barley locally from South African commercial and small scale farmers and will supply malt to Heineken's operations in the country, Jeremy Antier the managing director of Soufflet South Africa said at the same event.
With a production capacity of nearly 100,000 tonnes, the facility will create 55 full-time jobs and support over 200 local South African barley growers, Jeremy said.
Jordi said the partnership also forms part of its merger commitments with wine and cider maker Distell to procure key inputs from local suppliers, producers and farmers.
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(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
Soufflet Malt will invest 100 million euros, approximately $108.51 million, to build the new malt factory.
The malt factory will be located next to Heineken's Sedibeng Brewery near Johannesburg, South Africa.
The facility will have a production capacity of nearly 100,000 tonnes.
Soufflet Malt will source 100% of its barley locally from South African farmers, supporting over 200 local barley growers.
The malt factory is set to be operational by mid-2027.
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