OREANDA-NEWS. July 9, 2007. Pava plans to launch the production of bioethanol made from vegetable raw materials and biowaste in the Altai Territory in West Siberia. Andrei Igoshin, Pava president, said the first line of the plant would be based on the Rebrikha flourmill. Later on, grain fields will be cultivated and storage facilities built.

Pava is one of the five largest operators on the Russian grain and grain processing market. Its share in overall flour production in Russia is 3%.

There are plans to attract investors in the project, which should have an annual design capacity of 100,000 metric tons of bioethanol. Contracts for the fuel are being currently submitted. The group of potential buyers includes EU, China, Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan and adjacent regions.