Volac strengthens commitment to dairy industry

15 July 2009

Volac strengthens commitment to dairy industry

£8m new facility launched at Felinfach

Volac has opened a new £8m extension to its whey processing facilities at Felinfach, Lampeter. The investment supported by £1.5m Welsh Assembly funding, will help secure dairy farmers future and further strengthen the UK dairy processing sector.  

The investment includes a new plant that will produce lactose, an ingredient sold to the global bakery, confectionery and broader food processing market. The site’s finished product output has now been increased by 50% to 50,000t which includes the expansion of the company’s range of calf, lamb and piglet milk replacers.

The facility, which was officially opened by Welsh Assembly Minister for Rural Affairs, Elin Jones today Tuesday 7 July, demonstrates Volac’s commitment to the UK dairy industry, she said. “It is a great pleasure to open the newly expanded plant here at Volac in Felinfach. The new site will enable Volac to expand its business to include lactose production and this is great news for both the Ceredigion area and the Welsh Dairy Sector more generally.









" The expansion has been part funded by £1.5 million of Assembly Government money and it is heartening to see that the money has been used to such good effect. I wish Volac all the best with this new business venture."  

Volac’s Sales and Marketing Director, David Neville explained: “The Felinfach facility which was established in 1990, already handles one third of the UK’s liquid whey. The investment at our Felinfach site enables Volac to increase production of our milk replacer range to supply the growing UK and export market for these added value products”.   

“Increasing the site’s production capacity will further increase the demand for whey and in turn help to underpin farm gate milk price, strengthen our position as leader in the specialist areas of animal nutrition and food ingredients and ultimately, help stem the mounting trade deficit in the UK dairy sector.”

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