Yili Group has opened a new butter plant at Westland Milk Products in Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand. The inauguration, which took place on 19 July, marks the third anniversary of Westland joining Yili in 2019.
With the plant now open, Westland has doubled its production capacity; it can now make up to 42,000 tonnes of butter per year. This means that it is one of the largest butter-producing facilities in the country.
“Since joining Yili Group, Westland has gained increasing consumer recognition. Westland is dedicated to continuing creating more value for consumers, society and employees in the future,” said Pan Gang, Chairman and President of Yili Group, in a recorded message played at the event. New Zealand Trade and Agriculture Minister, the Hon. Damien O’Connor, was also in attendance to commemorate the investment in new facilities.
Westland CEO Richard Wyeth said: “The original butter plant built in 1973 has now made way for a purpose-built facility that allows us to double our capacity of small-format butter pats with modern, state-of-the-art machinery that still holds true to our traditional churn methods.”
Wyeth also expressed appreciation for the company’s employees, suppliers and partners, with the initial six months of 2022 representing the strongest first-half-year result in seven years.
The butter plant is a component of the Yili Project Goldrush investment plan that is working to upgrade Westland’s production systems and capacities, and to increase awareness of the brand worldwide.
Claimed to be the largest cultured meat facility in the Southern Hemisphere, Vow's Factory 1…
Norco has announced plans to rebuild its flood-damaged ice-cream factory in Lismore thanks to two…
Lion is investing nearly $5 million into the iconic XXXX Brewery in Milton to enable mass…
Thermal flow meter with bidirectional measurement and reverse flow detection
Cooling & temperature control applications with cryogenics
Relying on a one-stop shop
The Importance of Using Industrial PCs & Monitors to Ensure Safety and Compliance in Food Processing
Leuze DRT25C — dynamic reference diffuse sensor
The optimum plant-based taste experience
Testing food textural properties with Lloyd TA1
MET0003C – X12 Global Teaser
Taking charge of battery waste — a government-backed scheme
Whyalla's water waste upgrade
Circularity 2022: a new circular economy conference
Sustainable wastewater treatment designs for recycling industry
On the road to greater water resilience
AI could help with suicide prediction, prevention
Air Purifiers in Hospital and Healthcare Settings
Tackling Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations in Wound Care
ASMOF calls for better working conditions
Funding boost for heart/lung machine research
An extremely comfortable gauntlet glove with heavy duty chemical & cut protection
Safety alert after switchboards cause electric shocks
Keeping safety at the core of the construction industry
NSW adopts WHS regulations to address psychosocial hazards at work
Feedback sought on safe storage of ammonium nitrate
Westwick-Farrow Media
Locked Bag 2226
North Ryde BC NSW 1670
ABN: 22 152 305 336
www.wfmedia.com.au
Email Us
Our food industry media channels – What’s New in Food Technology & Manufacturing magazine and the Food Processing website – provide busy food manufacturing, packaging and design professionals with an easy-to-use, readily available source of information that is crucial to gaining valuable industry insight. Members have access to thousands of informative items across a range of media channels.
SUBSCRIBE
Membership is FREE to qualified industry professionals across Australia.