Factory to expand

Grand plans: MG’s Craig Turner and Bob Alcock take council and other dignitaries on a tour of the Leongatha factory.
Posted by SiteAdmin in Business on 08 Jun 2010 at 09:45 am

By Brad Lester
WORK on the $150 million redevelopment of Murray Goulburn’s factory will resume as early as August, after the project was stalled by the global financial crisis.
The company’s 10 year plan for the factory will include a new milk tanker drop off point, combining caseine and caseinate production, and a possible expansion of the tanker and fleet vehicle garage.
The world dairy price crash delayed the project by 18 months.
Outgoing factory manager Bob Alcock told The Star of these developments during a site tour last Thursday, as part of the company’s 60th birthday celebration in Gippsland.
“With the global financial crisis, we put a lot of what we were planning to do on hold and it’s intended to reignite most of that in early August,” he said.
The tanker bay will be moved away from the middle of the factory to the western end of the factory.
MG has bought 15 acres to allow for future expansion of production capacity.
The company is continuing to address the issue of occasional odours emitted by factory waste.
“There are plans in the current factory shutdown that will assist in keeping odours on site, but the odours have diminished significantly,” Mr Alcock said.
The tour, attended by representatives of Gippsland shire councils, included such highlights as:
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