Praj solidifies ethanol presence in Columbia

India-based process engineering and solutions company Praj Industries has won a contract to provide an ethanol plant in Columbia.

The order comes from food and sugar processing business Riopaila Castilla (RC) and is worth a total of $20 million (€14.7 million), which includes the plant which will produce 400,000 litres of ethanol a day at RC’s sugar plant in La Pailia.

The ethanol will come from sugarcane and molassess feedstock.

This contract has meant that Praj retains 100% market share in Columbia and the deal represents its seventh ethanol plant it will supply to the country.