Sep 23, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Sonae Industria completed investments totalling almost Euro 20 million at the works of its subsidiaries in White River, South Africa, and Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal.

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Sonae Industria invests in South Africa and Portugal

Sep 23, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Sonae Indústria announces the start-up production of the new melamine press at White River plant in South Africa. This line corresponds to an investment of about Euro 8 million. Also, Sonae Indústria began production with a new Hot Gas Generator, based on renewable resources (biomass) which substitutes the previous energy generator, which partially still used fossil fuels. This investment, of about Euro 11 million, will meet the thermal energy requirements used in the industrial process.