Arla Foods, a Swedish-Danish cooperative firm, is seeking to expand a dairy plant in Germany, as part of a bid to build its organic business in the country.
The company plans to grow capacity of the site in Upahl, in the north of the country, with an investment of $30.4m. Arla Foods noted that the investment at Upahl will be partly funded by the state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Currently, the plant produces standard and organic dairy products. The site processes 80 million litres of organic milk of the overall total of 600 million litres at present.
During expansion, around 58 new jobs will be created. The work is expected to be completed in 2017.
Group's German division spokesman told just-food.com that: "We launched our Arla organic brand in Germany last November and it has been a success.
"We started with six products, now we have 12 and we will extend that in the future," he added.
There are also plans to produce organic lines for markets outside Germany.
