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MILL RENOVATION
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Mill renovation for Loulis Group is completed by Henry Simon
eing one of the oldest milling groups in Greece, Loulis started their business in the seventeenth century with a waterdriven stone mill at Aetorahi, Ioannina. Today, the group is one of the leading milling companies in Greece, and currently active in Greece and Bulgaria with four manufacturing plants. The total milling capacity of the group is around 1,400 tonnes-per-day) with also having their own nationwide distribution network.
88 | March 2020 - Milling and Grain
Loulis recently made a new investment by purchasing an industrial mill in North-East Bulgaria (Dobrich region) through its subsidiary company Loulis Mel, Bulgaria EAD. The investment focuses on serving the growing demands in Balkans including Bulgaria and Romania. The new mill facility has a 100tpd semi-hard wheat processing capacity and 9,000 metric tonnes capacity of steel storage silos, located on a plot of 21,000sqm. The mill was completely established as a turnkey project by Alapala in 2015. The mill is upgraded again by Henry Simon to satisfy the increasing flour demand from the region in 2019 after it has been taken over by Loulis Group.