NEWS
Synlait staff are excited to have
processed the first milk received at
our newest state of the art nutritional
powder manufacturing facility in
Pokeno, Waikato.
When asked how he and his team
felt, John Beeby, commercial
manager Pokeno, said they were
elated when Rua King, packaging
and robotics operator, filled and
sealed the first bag.
“What an emotional moment. We’re
all very proud. As a team we’ve
planned and worked towards this
result for months. We’ve been
fortunate to have the Dunsandel
facility to train on, so the technology
and equipment was already familiar
to us. It’s exciting to finally be using
this fantastic, truly world class
facility.”
Synlait ceo Leon Clement
commented: “Pokeno is a highly
sophisticated facility being run by an
engaged and highly capable team,
backed by some of the Waikato’s
best dairy farmers. This first milk
run is a significant milestone for
our team who are putting Synlait’s
newest nutritional spray dryer
through its paces.
“Our team bring skills from a
variety of backgrounds and
industries, including engineering,
food technology, dairy and infant
formula. Forty five percent of our
manufacturing team live within 15
kilometres of the Synlait facility.”
Synlait is currently recruiting an
additional 22 roles as Synlait
Pokeno increases its capability to
manufacture infant formula over the
coming months.
“Our expansion into the Waikato
is in direct response to increased
customer demand and diversifies
risk away from our single site at
Dunsandel, Canterbury. We look
forward to working with our staff,
milk suppliers, the local community
and industry in the region.”
The facility will initially produce
infant-grade ingredients while
regulatory registration is obtained
for infant formula base powder
production.
Synlait Pokeno’s nutritional spray
dryer has the capacity to produce
45,000 metric tonnes (MT) of
product. The facility, like Synlait
Dunsandel, will be capable of
producing a full suite of nutritional,
formulated powders (including
infant-grade skim milk, whole milk
and infant formula base powders).
SYNLAIT POKENO
PROCESSES FIRST MILK
Changes to business tax rules
recommended by the Tax Working
Group have been welcomed by
BusinessNZ.
Proposed new loss continuity and
feasibility spending rules announced
today would help optimise business
investment, BusinessNZ chief executive
Kirk Hope says.
A member of the Tax Working Group,
Mr Hope says submissions to the Group
by many businesses and organisations
had given a clear message on the need
for tax changes to support business
investment.
“Current thresholds in loss continuity
rules make it difficult for many firms
to carry losses forward, and the rules
around deductibility for feasibility
expenditure are currently a barrier to
increased innovation.
“The Government’s decision to support
change in these areas will be welcomed
by business.”
A Rotorua Marae has made a
stand to ban all plastic bottles
and fizzy drinks.
“We have banned all plastic
bottles of water and fizzy drinks
from our marae large and small
because we realised it couldn’t
be any good for the environment
when disposing them,” says
Ngāti Whakaue kuia and artist
Norma Sturley, chairperson of the
Tūnohopū Marae Trust.
Harina Rupapera, who supports
marae, kōhanga reo, kura and
community organisation in Te
Arawa in waste minimisation
says: “This is such a staunch,
positive and bold stance and a
huge step for Para Kore (Zero
Waste) on marae and for Te
Ao Māori. Our babies will grow
up never seeing plastic bottles
or drinking fizzy drinks on the
Marae. This is about our revival
as kaitiaki, taking community
action to make a huge
difference.”
PROPOSED
BUSINESS
TAX CHANGES
WELCOMED
FIRST PARA
KORE MARAE
BANS PLASTIC
FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS