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Fonterra opens Indonesia plant

Fonterra has officially opened its Rp 340 billion (approx. NZ$37 million) blending and packing plant in Indonesia – its first manufacturing facility in the country. Fonterra Chairman John Wilson said the plant is Fonterra’s largest investment in ASEAN in the last decade and will support the growth of Fonterra’s brands – Anmum, Anlene and Anchor […]

Fonterra has officially opened its Rp 340 billion (approx. NZ$37 million) blending and packing plant in Indonesia – its first manufacturing facility in the country.

Fonterra Chairman John Wilson said the plant is Fonterra’s largest investment in ASEAN in the last decade and will support the growth of Fonterra’s brands – Anmum, Anlene and Anchor Boneeto – in Indonesia.

“Fonterra has been supplying high quality dairy nutrition to Indonesia for more than 30 years and today it is one of our most important global markets. The opening of our new plant is an exciting step forward in our relationship with the country and local dairy industry,” he said.

The plant, took 11 months and close to one million man hours of construction to complete.
“Fonterra is built on generations of dairy expertise passed down through our farming families in New Zealand,” said Wilson. “This history has allowed us to develop world leading technology and capabilities to produce, manufacture and export high quality and safe milk and other dairy products to more than 100 countries around the world. We’re proud to be able to bring this expertise to Indonesia.”

Wilson was joined at the official opening of the site by Indonesia’s Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture and Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, Ibu Ir. Musdhalifah Machmud, New Zealand’s Minister of Local Government, Social Housing, State Services Paula Bennett and senior executives from Fonterra.

“The country’s large and increasingly affluent population is looking for highly nutritious foods for all ages,” said Fonterra Managing Director Asia, Middle-East, Africa (AsiaMEA) Johan Priem. “This is fuelling dairy demand growth which is expected to increase by five per cent every year to 2020.Our new plant has the capacity to pack around 16,000 MT of dairy ingredients a year – that’s a pack of Anlene, Anmum and Anchor Boneeto every second, or 87,000 packs every day, which will go a long way in helping Fonterra meet this growing demand for dairy.”