Carbery excited about Brazilian joint venture

Construction is to begin immediately on the production facility in Brazil which will be developed as part of the €40m joint venture between Carbery Group and giant food group BRF Brasil Foods.

The 50:50 joint venture will use Carbery’s innovative technology to process whey generated at BRF’s cheese-making operations. The plant will be operational by 2014. BRF, which employs 115,000 people and has an annual turnover of $13.7 bn (€10.8bn), and is the second largest collector of milk in Brazil.

Together with significant pork and poultry operations, BRF has 14 dairy processing sites in Brazil together with one in Argentina and processes in excess of 1.6bn litres of milk per annum. BRF’s portfolio includes cheese, UHT milks and fresh dairy products marketed under the Batavo and Elege brands.