date:May 04, 2014
Nutricia, a subsidiary of France-based yoghurt maker Danone, has agreed to acquire Gardians spray dryer and blending, packing and can-forming activities of the Sutton Group in Auckland as well as the spray dryer of Gardians, located near Balclutha.
This move comes after the company terminated contracts with the Fonterra, following the whey protein concentrate (WPC80) botulism scare in 2013.
Nutricia will acquire Gardians' drying plant in South Island, which has the capacity to produce around 2