Swiss SunPro will build EUR 20 mln sunflower oil plant in eastern Romania

Swiss company SunPro will invest EUR 20 million to build a vegetable oil plant in Galati, the eastern part of Romania, according to the mayor of the city, Ionut Pucheanu. The construction works will start this year, and the plant will begin production in 2024. The new facility will generate 200 workplaces. The investor signed a concession contract for the plot of land in the Galati Free Zone for a period of 49 years, according to the Galati City Hall.

SunPro is headquartered in Montreux, Switzerland. It supplies sunflower oil to 11 countries around the world, and the production is concentrated in a processing unit located in the Odesa area, Ukraine.