Working together
Working together: Malteurop also puts that philosophy into practice with its own suppliers, seed producers-breeders, storage operators, and carriers. For in fact all of them make important contributions to the proper operation of the barley value chain, in particular as regards traceability and food safety.
Just as Malteurop endeavors to become the benchmark supplier to its brewer customers, the Group also wishes to cement strategic partnerships with its most reactive suppliers, those who are capable of adapting to different agronomic, industrial, and logistical problem sets and also capable of involving themselves in innovative projects. Certain partners, for example, were associated in the industrial process modeling project, which was a means of sharing knowledge and harmonizing the Group’s methods.
Thanks to its expansion, Malteurop is in a position to offer its partners opportunities for business growth and international development in the long term.
At its various locations, Malteurop calls on local suppliers in order to encourage local economic development and optimize costs. This integration into the local industrial and economic fabric promotes the autonomy and optimum operation of the malting plants. That constitutes a real competitive advantage, at several levels:
Inaugurated on 1 October, the extension of Geelong (Melbourne) will strengthen Malteurop's position on the fast-growing markets in Asia-Pacific. This extension will add 120,000 tonnes of additional production capacity to the site's existing 80,000 tonnes, making Geelong one of the biggest malting plants in Australia, and Malteurop's third biggest site.
On June 21st, Malteurop celebrated its first Iday event.
Working together with grain growers is a natural approach for Malteurop. Firstly because growers are at the very origin of Malteurop and because they are part of the Group’s shareholding structure via their cooperatives.
Malteurop conducts a research and development policy aimed at introducing innovations into the barley-malt-beer value chain. It concerns primarily control over raw materials – barley and malt – and improving industrial processes at malting plants.
