12 AUG 2010
Miraka’s new milk processing line
In a greenfield operation in New Zealand, GEA Process Engineering has secured an order worth more than 35 million NZD (or 20 million Euros) for the delivery of a full milk processing plant to Miraka Limited. The plant will be located near the town of Taupo and will have a full processing line, including a milk reception area, standardizing, evaporator, spray drying facility and powder storage bins. In addition, the order includes the construction of the building that will house the complete processing line.
The plant will have the capacity to process in excess of 1 million liters of milk a day and will be engineered with state-of-the-art technology according to best practice benchmarks within the milk processing industry set by GEA Process Engineering, the market leader in its field of expertise. The plant is scheduled to be ready for operation in August 2011.
The processing line has been designed by GEA Process Engineering to create a facility with optimal sustainable and energy-efficient milk processing. Energy used in the milk-drying process is delivered by the nearby Tuaropaki geothermal power station, which uses one of the country’s key natural resources —the natural transfer of heat from deep below ground to the earth's surface in this part of the world. In addition, up to 60 GJ per day of waste heat from the process will be recycled to further improve the energy efficiency of the plant.
The plant near Taupo is the fifth greenfield operation that GEA Process Engineering has installed in New Zealand over the past three years to meet the growing international demand for milk powder products. GEA Process Engineering has already delivered similar capacity milk processing lines for the dairy plants for Open Country Dairies in Waharoa and Wanganui in the North Island and Awarua in the South Island, as well as Synlait at Dunsandel in the South Island.
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For further information please contact Managing Director David Bower on mobile +64 21 933 720 or e-mail david.bower@geagroup.com
About GEA Process Engineering
GEA Process Engineering develops, designs, and markets production plant equipment and processes for the dairy, brewery, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. With sales of more than EUR 1 billion in 2010 and close to 4,500 employees working in 26 countries, GEA Process Engineering is recognized as a world leader within industrial drying, liquid processing, and aseptic packaging. GEA Process Engineering is a business segment in GEA Group, headquartered in Germany.