Cheese, whey tops for Dairy Invesment grants
Funding objectives are primarily to deliver better production cost efficiency and increase added value production. Grant aid will also be used to improve long-term competitiveness, upgrade plant and buildings to capture new business, and support product specialisation.
Arrabawn Co-op has been awarded €6.84m for a €17.1m whey, SMP and butter project.
Carbery Milk Products Ltd has been awarded three grants.
A €16.92m project to expand production of value added cheeses and improve efficiency will attract grant aid of €6.77m. A €7.68m project to install a new dryer and evaporator in existing buildings, for efficient manufacture of customised, fractionated and nutritional value-added dairy-based powder ingredients, has been awarded a €3.07m grant.
Carbery Milk Products has also been awarded €9.6m for a €24m project to recover value added whey components and produce edible grade lactose.
Dairygold Co-op was also awarded three grants, the biggest of which is €9.32m for a €23.3m project to improve cheddar cheese production quality and efficiency at Mitchelstown, and to increase whey processing the capacity and quality.
A €8.69m project to produce functional dairy proteins at the Castlefarm facility in Mitchelstown includes €3.48m of grant aid.
A €13.63m investment, including grant aid of €5.45m, will enable expansion of speciality cheese the production, including Regato and Jarlsberg at Mogeely.
nGlanbia PLC has been awarded €9.59m for a €23.99m project to significantly expand production of value added cheeses and specialised dairy proteins for food and nutritional sectors, at Ballyragget.
Glanbia PLC has also been awarded €8.99m for a €22.47m whey protein concentrate project at Ballyragget.
Both projects will lead to greater market returns and opportunities in the infant formula and premium food sectors.
Glenisk Ltd was awarded €3.1m for an €8m project to manufacture organic yoghurt and organic milk for the UK and continental markets, including natural baby yoghurt.
J & L Grubb Ltd, one of Ireland’s best-known farmhouse cheese manufacturers, was awarded €2.32m for a €5.8m investment to double output and improve efficiency.
Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Ltd was awarded €9.82m for a €24.56m project at Listowel, to supply whey products which can meet the stringent standards required for infant formula ingredients. A €19.09m consolidation and upgrading of Kerry’s skim milk powder and butter plant at Listowel and Charleville attracted grant aid of €5.73m.
Lakelands Co-op was awarded two grants — €3.27m for a €6.53m value-added export whey project, and €8.67m for a €17.33m upgrading of the Bailieboro plant, to improve efficiency.
Newmarket Co-op in Co Cork will receive a €6.73m grant for a €16.82m cheese plant project, to expand processing capacity and improve efficiency.
Tipperary Co-op was awarded €5.44m for a €13.6m upgrading, modernising and expansion of their Emmental cheese facility.
Wexford Creameries Limited was awarded €2.6m for a €6.5m cheddar cheese facility upgrade.
