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Kerry Co-op moves to re-engage with Kerry Group plc 2021-05-26

The dairy supply chain pushed consolidation It’s a push that has occurred up and down the chain. It has been driven by national and international brands that have been on the search to find more global suppliers. “Consolidation has certainly had its impact on the dairy markets. You may remember when we began to see Suiza and Dean’s Foods begin to gobble up plants and ultimately merge into a single organization of Dean’s, and now that’s part of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA),” the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mark Stephenson commented during the May 19 Hoard’s Dairyman Da...

Speculation that Kerry Co-op bid for dairy business has been submitted 2021-04-10

Milk intake at Kerry's Charleville site. \ Donal O' Leary After months of speculation, Kerry Group CEO Edmond Scanlon has publicly acknowledged that the company is in negotiations regarding the future of its dairy processing business in Ireland. Scanlon also gave some official details on the financials of its dairy business, saying it had annual sales of around €900m, but that its profit margins were “much lower” than the wider Kerry Group business. In a special podcast, the Irish Farmers Journal’s Lorcan Allen and Jack Kennedy discuss the latest developments on the joint venture de...

In December 2020, the USDA Dairy grading branch evaluated the WYK-CIP diverter valve according to the “USDA Guidelines of the Sanitary Design and Fabrication of Dairy Processing Equipment” and issued an equipment acceptance certificate for the hygienic design of the 4-in. valve to Coperion. USDA equipment acceptance certificates for sizes 2.5-, 3-, 5-, and 6-in. are expected soon. For equipment used in manufacturing processes of the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries, the highest requirements in hygiene and purity apply. Furthermore, frequent product changes and difficult produ...