GEA will build Fonterra’s next large milk powder plant in Lichfield, New Zealand.
With an output capacity of 30 tons per hour, this plant will match the size of the world’s biggest existing dairy plant which GEA built for Fonterra at Darfield, New Zealand in 2013.
GEA’s scope of supply has a value of around €90 million (US$113.65 million).
Less than a year after commissioning the world’s largest dairy powder plant, dairy giant Fonterra again announced ambitious investment plans to meet continued growth of dairy consumption in China and other export destinations.
Among these, GEA was mandated to build a large dairy powder plant at Lichfield, New Zealand.
Upon completion, the Lichfield plant shall process 4.4 million liters of raw milk into 700 tons of milk powder per day, entirely intended for export into the fast growing markets in China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
