Chinese infant formula firm Synutra International has started construction of a drying facility for powdered milk and fat-enriched demineralised whey in Carhaix in France.
The 200,000 sq metre site is being built through a partnership between Synutra and Frendh dairy group Sodiaal announced in 2012. Each party has invested around EUR100m (US$131.4m) in the project. The facility will have a production capacity for 100,000 tonnes annually.
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Synutra chairman and CEO Liang Zhang said: “When completed, the facility will secure a long-term, stable supply of raw material imported from France, further solidifying Synutra as a quality and trusted brand. With advanced production equipment and our French partner’s world-leading managerial expertise in the dairy industry, Synutra will have greater capacity to provide safe and nutritious formula to more infants in China.”
The facility is expected to be operational by early 2015.
