E-Malt.com News article: 482

In Sweden the harvest of malting barley was estimated at 350,000 t in 2002, against 200,000 t in 2001. This rise can be explicated partly by the utilization of Astoria variety. On the assumption of its production rise, Viking Malt, a Swedish malting company, announced on December 18, 2002 the enlarging (+100,000 t) of its malthouse de Halmstad.

03 January, 2003