GEA Process Engineering has received an order in excess of EUR 17 million from Feihe Dairy, one of the fast growing medium-size producers of dairy products in China. GEA Process Engineering will supply process knowhow, technology, equipment and installation of production plants for production of whole milk powder and infant formula powder, as well as training of local Feihe production staff. Feihe Dairy has formerly used GEA Process Engineering as its supplier for its first infant formula project in China three years ago, and the company considers GEA Process Engineering a strategic partner and expects the partnership to continue well beyond the two new projects.

Feihe Dairy, owned by American Dairy Inc., is extending its facilities with two new production plants to capture the opportunities in the wake of last year’s melamine scandal on the Chinese dairy market. The contracts are the first major projects on the Chinese dairy market since the scandal, which cost Sanlu, the largest milk powder producer in China, its business.

Both plants will be installed in Heilongjiang province; one in Gannan and the other one close by in Longjiang. The plant in Gannan, which will supplement an existing plant and is expected be completed in the fall 2010, will be able to produce 50 ton of whole milk powder or 80 ton of infant formula powder per day. The new plant in Longjiang, expected to be ready for use during the winter of 2010, will obtain a production capacity of 62 ton of whole milk powder per day or 100 ton of infant formula powder.

About Feihe Dairy
Feihe Dairy is owned and run by American Dairy Inc (ADY). The enterprise is among the leading producers and distributors in China of, e.g. first class milk powder, soy beans, rice and walnuts. As one of the few foods producers Feihe Dairy avoided last year’s melamine scandal, since products, production equipment and safety are of high quality.

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