SPX Awarded Contract from Midfield Group to Help Establish Dairy Powder Processing Plant in Australia
SPX Corporation has announced that its Flow Food and Beverage business has been awarded a contract from the Midfield Group.
SPX Corporation has announced that its Flow Food and Beverage business has been awarded a contract from the Midfield Group. The contract calls for SPX to help Midfield establish a new dairy powder processing plant in Australia. The facility will have the capacity to produce both whole and skim milk powder and will also include an anhydrous milk fat (AMF) processing line. The completed facility will feature an array of SPX equipment including a new preheating process to provide longer run times, enhanced evaporation technology and will utilize SPX's "Triple-A" dryer enabling production of high quality milk powders.
"We continue to leverage our global dairy processing expertise to expand our presence in Australia and the Asia Pacific region," said Marc Michael, president of SPX Flow Food and Beverage. "We look forward to working closely with Midfield Group to establish a state-of-the-art milk powder processing plant to help them grow their global business."
Founded more than 30 years ago, the Midfield Group is one of Australia's largest exporters of meat and has marketed a wide variety of meat products to dozens of countries around the world since 1995. This will be the company's first dairy processing facility and marks its initial foray into the global dairy industry. It will enable Midfield to begin producing high quality dry milk powders for export to global dairy markets where demand continues to grow.
"The world's constantly expanding population is driving increased global demand for dairy," adds Michael.
"Today, demand for milk powders is particularly strong in countries such as China, as well as the broader Asia Pacific region."
Work on the project will commence in the first quarter of 2015 and it is anticipated the new plant will begin operating in mid-2016.
Source: SPX Corporation
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