Astarta agricultural and industrial holding, the largest sugar producer in Ukraine, has invested USD 71 million in the development of grain infrastructure under the Grain of Astarta investment program launched in 2014. The grain infrastructure development program has so far been implemented in the form of seven modern (both newly-built and modernized) silos with a total capacity of 550,000 tonnes, as well as its own fleet of 200 railway cars. Over the past two years Astarta build four silos in Poltava region and bought Krasyliv silo in Khmelnytsky region.
Astarta is a vertically integrated agribusiness holding operating in eight regions of Ukraine. The holding includes eight sugar factories, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 243,000 ha and dairy farms, a biogas plant and a soybean processing complex in Poltava region.
Source: Interfax
