Cienfuegos, July 18 (RHC)-- Cuba has reactivated the Alficsa Plus distillery, producer of fine alcohols from sugarcane, which has been rehabilitated with Spanish investment and technology.

The plant, located in the central province of Cienfuegos, is in the start-up phase after being paralyzed for six years and is expected to become the most modern of its kind in on the island.

Alficsa produces alcohols necessary for the pharmaceutical and perfume industries, and for the production of rums.

Mayra Rivero, executive vice-president of the Cuban-Spanish joint venture Alficsa Plus, affirmed that all the tests carried out so far have been completed successfully, so they hope to distill the first volumes of alcohol this month, according to the local television channel Perlavisión.