New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened a new $37m blending and packing plant in Indonesia. Said to be Fonterra's first manufacturing facility in the country, the plant uses the company's manufacturing design standards and technology. ...
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Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII), the largest private stakeholder in Moorepark Technology, and Teagasc, an Irish semi-state authority involved in research and development in the agri-food sector, have teamed up to develop new products. ...
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New Zealand based dairy co-operative Fonterra has agreed to acquire 18.8% stake worth $561.32m in Chinese infant formula manufacturer, Beingmate Baby & Child Food Company. The co-operative group has purchased 192.4 million shares in ...
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Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has opened a €235m hi-spec infant formula standard facility in Belview, a move that will create 1,600 direct and indirect jobs in South East. The facility will manufacture specialized milk powder products ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, milk, milk powder
New Zealand based Fonterra Co-operative Group has started operating its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Located on a 25-hectare site, the new facility has been developed to produce whey and lactose specialty ...
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Fonterra expands with new plant in the Netherlands New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) has commissioned its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands. The ...
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Dairy ingredients firm Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) will inaugurate a new milk protein facility on its existing site in Virginia, County Cavan on 15 December 2014. The new facility will process milk from neighbouring counties, on ...
Tags: Milk Protein, nutrition, Agriculture
Convenience food producer Amy’s Kitchen is planning to expand production capacity by acquiring Heinz's former site in Pocatello, Idaho. The move in the wake of double-digit growth registered by the company in the past year. The ...
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Arla Foods Ingredients has unveiled its new €120m lactose manufacturing plant in Jutland, Denmark. The move is in line with the company's strategy to cater to the growing demand for quality lactose in the infant nutrition sector. ...
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Canada-based dairy cooperative Agropur has agreed to acquire the assets of US-based cheese and dairy ingredients company Davisco Foods. As part of the acquisition, the company will acquire three Davisco cheese processing factories in ...
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Saputo (Saputo or the Company) reported today its financial results for fiscal 2014, which ended on March 31, 2014. All amounts in this news release are in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated, and are presented according to ...
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Dairy products maker Saputo will close four of its facilities in Canada and the US, as part of efforts to improve its operational efficiency. The move is a part of the company's review of its overall activities to pursue additional ...
Land O'Lakes, Inc., today announced record annual sales of $14.2 billion, up 4.4 percent from the prior year, and record net earnings of almost $306 million, a 27 percent increase over the prior year. The strong 2013 results continue a ...
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Another major Australian milk supplier gets snapped up The sale of privately-owned dairy giant United Dairy Power to Hong Kong businessman William Hui is locked in, according to Stock & Land. It was reportedly sold for around $70 ...
Tags: Australian milk, Caboolture Cheese, shredded Mozzarella
Anytime a product recall is quickly associated with illnesses it's never good. But for Fonterra, the world's largest dairy processor, the need in the last week to recall 8,700 bottles of cream for E. coli contamination could not have come ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Milk, Milk Powder