FONTERRA Australia is to invest $6.2 million to expand the coolroom at its Cobden spreads plant, which produces the popular butter Western Star.
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The coolroom expansion will increase storage capacity of butters and spreads after they come off the production line, enabling the storage of more products to keep up with growing demand.
Fonterra Australia western regional operations manager Andrew Nooy said the investment was necessary to make more room for Western Star, with sales of the award-winning butter reaching $150 million last year and continuing to grow.
The expansion will use innovative technology, including Automatic Guided Vehicles, to take finished product off the line and stack into flow-through pallet racking to achieve greater efficiency.