May 30, 2013

Waikato Milking Systems builds new dairy facility in New Zealand

As a sign of the company's continuing growth and optimism, Waikato Milking Systems is building a new US$12 million complex in the Waikato business park known as Northgate.
 

The two-building complex will bring together the company's operating units on one site for the first time. The first stage of the development is underway now, and will house large-scale manufacturing facilities. The second stage will house a new headquarters and design, development and manufacturing facilities for the company's high-technology products.
 

"We will get more efficiency in design, development, engineering and manufacturing by bringing our collective pool of skills together. We will be able to get products to the market even quicker, and having everything on one site will improve logistics for our international and domestic projects," Managing Director John Anderson says.
 

"The new complex at Northgate signals Waikato Milking Systems' on-going commitment to expanding our contribution to the dairy sector," Anderson says.
 

Stage one of the new complex (scheduled for completion on November 2013) brings together the company's three manufacturing divisions: Rotary Platforms - which designs and builds rotary milking platforms for dairy sheds; Centrus - which uses modern high-tech composite materials to produce world-leading high-strength and lightweight rotary platform designs; and Stainless Innovations - which custom makes stainless steel fabrications for the company's various milking system designs.
 

Stage two of the building project (scheduled for completion on November 2014) will include the new headquarters, with facilities to assist in developing new markets and further expanding the company. This is expected to bring benefits for the job market and for the regional and national economies, Anderson says.