Company "Souffle Kazakhstan" malt plant in Tekeli reported a 40.7% increase in net profit to 3.2 billion tenge for 2025. Revenue rose 27% to 22 billion tenge under customer contracts, according to Infohub.kz.
The plant is part of French group Groupe Soufflet, which is owned by larger holding InVivo. It produces and sells malt to Kazakh breweries and for export. Domestic sales reached 13.7 billion tenge, up 1.6 billion from a year earlier. Export revenue hit 6.3 billion tenge, a 77% increase.
Production costs increased 19% to 15.6 billion tenge, mainly due to higher barley prices. The company actively uses loans from Soufflet Finances, which totaled 9.4 billion tenge at end-2025. Loans are provided at a preferential rate of 2% by Groupe Soufflet's internal financial division, which is the plant's parent.
In 2025, the plant paid 6 billion tenge in dividends to its owners. Previously, it was reported that in 2026, shareholders received 2.56 billion tenge in dividends from 2025 profits.
The plant's history began in 1991 as state enterprise "Tekeli Malt Plant". In 1998, it was acquired by a Czech investor and renamed "Altyn Bidai". Since 2002, French company Compagnie Internationale de Malteries SA became the owner. The plant has an annual capacity of 80,000 tons of malt.
The enterprise is a subsidiary of Compagnie Internationale de Malteries SA, which is part of Malts Fco-Belges, producing and selling malt and barley in France, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia and other countries. Malts Fco-Belges belongs to Groupe Soufflet, part of large French agro-industrial group InVivo. The ultimate owner of the Kazakh plant is Philippe Mangin, chairman of InVivo Group.