Great news for our customers at Kerrygold on securing approval of a €40 million extension on their butter factory. The factory is located in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork and first opened back in 2016.

The main aim of the extension is to boost production at he plant from 40,00 tonnes to 80,000 tonnes. A new butter churn and cream processing infrastructure, two new packaging lines and an additional cold storage and distribution space are all included in the plans for the new extension.

Ornua have said that they foresee construction work on the extension to take around 12 months to complete.

CEO Anthony made the trip across the pont to visit Lynn dairies, Nasonville Dairy, BelGiosio Cheese and Grassland Dairies who are currently in discussions with SoftTrace, as well as valued customers and friends at Mullins Cheese.

Facilitating company introductions during this trip, highly respected Norh American Dairy Process Professional and friend of SoftTrace Jim Banks

Jim Banks has worked in the Dairy Processing Industry for over 45 years and is widely known and respected within the industry. In 2019, at the last CheeseExpo Jim was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Dairy Process Industry award. Jim works with SoftTrace developing leads in the North American Sales Territory.

Now that travel restrictions have eased immensely, we are striving to strategically expand. These trips enable us to establish the solid foundation for our long term customer relations and demonstrate our strong commitment to customer focus.