Milk Link and Volac partner for Taw valley investment

Milk Link has joined forces with animal feeds business Volac to undertake a major investment at Milk Link’s Taw Valley Creamery in Devon.

The investment will see the replacement of the existing whey dryer at Milk Link’s Taw Valley facility to create a state-of-the-art, added-value whey processing operation on one site. The new facility will be the most advanced of its type in the UK and will deliver enhanced levels of energy efficiency and reduced environmental emissions.

Milk Link chief executive Neil Kennedy said: “Our new partnership with Volac is fully in line with our strategy of ‘adding value efficiently’ in everything we do and will further enhance our ability to maximise returns to our farmer-members. The investment future-proofs Taw Valley, providing a strong platform for the further growth and development of cheese production at the creamery. At the same time it builds further our ability to offer a range of value-added dairy ingredients to our growing portfolio of food manufacturing customers.”

“Our partnership with Milk Link is a further positive development for Volac as part of our ambitious growth plans,” said Volac’s managing director James Neville. “The developing market for whey products in Europe provides an exciting opportunity and we are delighted to be collaborating with one of Europe’s leading dairy processors in this joint venture”.