A new milk powder plant will be built in New Zealand by the dairy cooperative Fonterra. The plant will take advantage of the projected growth in the international ingredients market. Construction is expected to be finished by the end of the year.
The construction, which will be situated at the company’s Edendale site in Southland, has been commissioned in preparation for an expected surge in milk production in the South Islands by 2012, said group chief executive officer Andrew Ferrier.
“Growing the Cooperative’s core business by substantially increasing its milk supply and expanding its processing capacity is key if we are to capitalize on strong market demand for our products,” he stated. “The new dryer will manufacture regular Ultra Heat Treatment (UHT) and instant whole milk powders, and will take the site’s peak processing capacity to over 15 million litres per day.”
Fonterra said that the construction was a vital step in expanding dairy ingredient production to meet increased global demand from its customers.
Besides the production of whole, skim and butter milk powders, the site will also have sufficient capacity to produce cheddar cheese for the Japanese, Middle East and Philippines markets, Fonterra said. The company will also produce whey cheese, casein, anhydrous milk fat and whey protein concentrate at the site.
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As a power related company we are very interested in knowing what fuel will be used to fire the boiler and what emission capture equipment will be associated i.e. fabric filter or electrostatic precipitator.