April 23, 2014

Fonterra's Waitoa UHT site starts commercial production

Fonterra's US$120-million UHT milk processing site at Waitoa has produced its first 25,000 Anchor UHT cream packs ready for sale.

The site will enable Fonterra to increase its UHT production capacity by 100% over the next few years. It will process more than 100 million litres of milk per year when all five of its milk processing lines are up and running.

UHT Operations Manager, Donald Lumsden, says the first production marks a significant milestone for the Waitoa UHT site, which was transformed from a green field to a state-of-the-art milk processing facility in just 12 months.

"The first commercial production went smoothly and we produced 25,000 litres of cream ready for sale - this is a great result."