New alcohol distillery in Consuelo

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Construction was begun yesterday at the Dominican Fine Alcohol Distillery (AFD), a joint effort of the Hazim Frappier and Santoni Vivone families together with Barcelo Export Import, C.x A. in Consuelo, San Pedro de Macoris province. President Leonel was at the ceremonies. The factory will produce alcohol from sugar cane and provide 2,500 jobs within a year or two. The Dominican Fine Alcohol distillery (AFD) will reactivate sugar cane production in one of the most traditional sugar cane areas of the Dominican Republic, Consuelo, and, in the words of President Fernandez, provide "an agricultural activity that becomes an industrial process that in the end means a significant advance in the chain of aggregate value added to the product." The President also urged the company to think about producing ethanol for industrial and vehicular fuel consumption because, long term, the price of the fuel will increase. According to Jose Hazim Frappier, the company president, the facility will produce 50,000 liters of alcohol per day and 16 million of liters per year. Much of the company's energy will be produced through the use of the bagasse, a sugar cane by product.

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