Brazilian meat and dairy group Perdigao is to build a powdered milk processing plant in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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The company said the plant, which will be located in Três de Maio, 500km from the city of Porto Alegre, will take 20 months to build and cost BRL65m (US$39.7m).


The facility will be Perdigao’s second unit in Três de Maio, where it already runs a site that produces mozzarella.


The plant will also be the company’s sixth powdered milk site in Brazil.

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