Tetra Pak® has inaugurated the world’s most advanced liquid dairy plant in automation and integration in Vietnam with Vinamilk, the country’s number one dairy manufacturer.
Tetra Pak® has inaugurated the world’s most advanced liquid dairy plant in automation and integration in Vietnam with Vinamilk, the country’s number one dairy manufacturer.
Known as the Vietnam Milk Factory, this major new facility, which covers 20 hectares in Binh Duong Province with an investment of US$110 million and has an annual capacity of 400 million litres of milk in the first phase, features the industry’s most advanced technologies including:
- 9 Tetra Pak® A3 / Speed iLines,
- 8 Tetra Pak® A1 / iLines,
- the complete iLine™ XT solutions with 14 laser guided vehicles with iWMS, i.e., Intermediate Warehouse Management Software, and
- the state-of-the-art Tetra PlantMaster™ system, which enables Vinamilk to have entire control of the plant from incoming raw materials to the processed, packaged and palletized products.
“The Vietnam Milk Factory is by far the most advanced plant in automation and integration that Tetra Pak has ever built,” said Bert Jan Post, Managing Director of Tetra Pak Vietnam. “And thanks to the Tetra PlantMaster™ system, all of the individual machines are working together ‘as one’ to deliver optimal performance, with factory-wide integration ensuring high levels of efficiency and uncompromising food safety.”
Commenting on the announcement, Madam Mai Ki?u Liên, Vinamilk’s Chairwoman and General Director said, “Vinamilk’s mission is to provide world-class quality milk products at an affordable price. This new plant has laid solid foundation for Vinamilk to achieve our goals to become one of the world’s top 50 dairies with over $3billion revenues by 2017”.
Source: Tetra Pak