Roast and ground coffee company Paulig has lately decided to build the coffee roastery it has scheduled in Tver, Russia, the implementation of which was postponed late last autumn due to uncertain economic conditions. The plans for the implementation of the project are complete and the transaction for the plot of land has been effected. The project can be started up when the construction permits have been received. It is estimated that the roastery will be operational in the first half of 2011.

“We have good reasons to get construction started. I believe that availability of constructors and materials has improved and prices have become to more realistic level. When the economic upswing gets under way we will have a good basis to go ahead at full speed. A local roastery will substantially improve our competitiveness in Russia and the CIS, which we see as very potential future markets,” says Gustav Paulig’s Managing Director Pekka Pirinen.

Gustav Paulig Ltd’s new roastery in Finland will be completed in autumn 2009.

More information

Managing Director Denis Smirnov, OOO Paulig Coffee (Russia), tel.+7 495 662 3960

Managing Director Pekka Pirinen, Gustav Paulig Ltd, tel + 358 93198 247 (Finland)

26 May 2009