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Irish dairy co-op Ornua has announced a $10m (€9m) investment to expand production capacity at its North American cheese ingredients plant in Wisconsin. Ornua said the investment will add a further 22,000 sq ft of warehousing and cooling infrastructure to the site and increase production capacity by a further 30% at the plant.
Ornua’s ingredients business in the US operates from two manufacturing sites in Wisonsin and Byron, Minnesota. The business specialises in producing customised, functional cheese solutions for US food manufacturing and food service customers.
These cheese ingredients are used in everything from bakery to frozen food. Last year, Ornua’s Wisconsin site supplied enough cheese for 50m pizzas.
“Ornua Ingredients North America have had great success in partnering with blue chip customers, delivering innovative cheese solutions and as these customers grow their business, we are creating additional capacity to serve them,” said Bernard Condon, managing director of Ornua Ingredients.
“This latest round of investment is consistent with the investments since Ornua acquired Thiel Cheese and it is a business that will see further investment over the coming years. Hilbert is a core component of Ornua Ingredients North America’s ability to create value on behalf of our coop members and generations of Irish dairy farming families,” he added.
Ornua said the expansion work at the plant is due to be completed in February 2021.
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