Investment in the Sugar segment amounted to € 11.4 million (prior year: € 19.4 million), mainly for the replacement of plant and equipment. In Kaposvár, Hungary, during the 2009|10 financial year AGRANA invested in two beet pulp presses. The installation of a beet pulp press at the Czech plant in Hrušovany completed the modernisation of the facility’s press operation. In Sereď, Slovakia, a new warehouse for packaged product was built. The commissioning of the one-kilogram packaging station is planned for the 2010|11 financial year. Through operational adjustments in the raw sugar refinery in Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the average processing volume was increased to 500 tonnes per day.
