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.
The collaboration aims to develop scientific capability to support the generation of value-add in cheese and dairy ingredients.
Commenting on the arrangement, Teagasc director professor Gerry Boyle said: "With the abolition of milk quotas and an increasing milk pool, there is a need for rapid transfer of scientific knowhow for development of dairy ingredients with new end uses in export markets.
"This collaboration combines Teagasc's extensive capability in dairy chemistry and processing with GII's knowledge and expertise in dairy and nutritional ingredients with the goal of bringing new innovative products to export markets."
The two parties have agreed for a scientific program which will support delivery of the latest developments in dairy science and technology at GII.
With the new handshake in place, both the organizations are expecting to capture the latest dairy chemistry and processing know-how from around the world.
GII CEO Jim Bergin said: "This collaboration has the potential to deliver the next generation of dairy ingredients for a range of applications globally.
"As part of the collaboration, Glanbia have located research staff on-site at Moorepark and they will carry out the day to day activities on the program working closely with key Teagasc staff. This endeavour will be one of the core contributors to GII's extensive innovation platform over the next five years."
The program will benefit from access to state of the art scientific instrumentation at Moorepark and the extensive pilot plant facilities of Moorepark Technology Limited.
Image: With the collaboration GII and Teagasc are planning to deliver dairy ingredients globally. Photo: courtesy of adamr/Freedigitalphotos.