Irish food major Greencore Malting Group has signed a contract to supply Interbrew with malt through a joint venture company with French group Malteurop, said company sources yesterday. The world’s second largest brewer, Interbrew recently closed its Belgian malting plants.

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Financial terms of the deal have not yet been released, however in a statement David Dilger, CEO of Greencore, commented that the contract “enables us to service almost all of Interbrew’s continental European malt requirements.”

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