New Zealand dairy behemoth, and the country’s largest exporter, the Fonterra Cooperative Group has renamed its Dairy Research Institute unit.

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The unit will now be called the Fonterra Research Centre.


Chris Mallett, Fonterra’s director of R&D said today [Thursday], said that as part of the company’s growth strategy, Fonterra planned to work harder to effectively leverage the skills of Fonterra Research Center staff.

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