Canadian dairy firm Agropur Cooperative is to cease fluid milk processing operations at its facility in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec.
This forms a part of the company's strategy to review and optimize its processing activities, in a bid to retain its competitive position in the industry.
The closure of the Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville facility, attributed to age and condition of the building and equipment, will be completed by May next year, putting close to 94 employees at risk. The plant also required certain amount of investment to be operational, with no scope for further expansion.
The fluid milk processing operations from this plant will be shifted to other Agropur facilities.
With around 8,000 employees, Agropur processes over 5.4 billion liters of milk annually at its 40 plants across North America. The company offers products Natrel, Québon, OKA, Farmers, Agropur Signature, Agropur Grand Cheddar, Sealtest, Island Farms and biPro.
