Project: New "Preparation Building" construction project off to a good start at Bunge Mannheim

As an update to the events of April 26, 2010 when considerable property damage was caused at its Mannheim Crushing Plant  and production was brought to an immediate halt, the management at Bunge Deutschland GmbH is today pleased to make the following announcement: ...

Bunge Deutschland GmbH – Update on the impact of Mannheim Plant fire

Further to the incident on April 26th, 2010 that resulted in substantial material damage to the preparation building of the Bunge Mannheim crushing plant and instantaneous production stoppage; the management of Bunge Deutschland GmbH would like to announce that:

• BUNGE will maintain the Mannheim oilseeds crushing site and will rebuild the preparation building;
• The rebuilding process and the resulting interruption of production will take 15 to 18 months;
• BUNGE is considering the possibility of increasing the capacity at Mannheim plant.

Bunge Deutschland GmbH Update on Mannheim Plant

A fire started in the preparation building at Bunge’s Mannheim crushing plant on Monday April 26, 2010 at 12:25 pm local time. The fire was extinguished at about 15:45 the same day.