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03/02/2016
Minister Opens Global Logistics Centre At Pritchitts In Newtownards
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Jonathan Bell has officially opened the Global Logistics Centre at Pritchitts in Newtownards.
With 12 production lines the Newtownards site produces over 100,000 tonnes of dairy products including ice cream mixes, UHT milk, powdered desserts and flavoured milks.
Minister Bell said: "I am delighted to be back at Pritchitts having been here in September 2015 to officially open the Global Logistics Centre. It is testament to the company that I am back to see further development and the completion of their new state of the art loading bays.
"With sales of £4billion per annum, the agri-food industry is our largest manufacturing sector providing around 10% of all private sector employment and, with over 80% of our milk supply exported as dairy products, we need to ensure we create businesses that have the scale and efficiency to compete. Pritchitts is one such company, as the export award-winning dairy foodservice arm of Lakeland Dairies, employing over 200 people at Newtownards, they collect more than 400,000 litres of milk directly from Northern Ireland dairy farmers each day and contribute over £80million to the local economy. Working together, co-operatives and farmers can maintain world class practices and this will help to ensure an optimum milk price combined with sustainable profitability to ensure the continuing growth and development of the business."
Pritchitts is a dairy foodservice arm of Lakeland Dairies co-operative.
With 12 production lines the Newtownards site produces over 100,000 tonnes of dairy products including ice cream mixes, UHT milk, powdered desserts and flavoured milks.
Minister Bell said: "I am delighted to be back at Pritchitts having been here in September 2015 to officially open the Global Logistics Centre. It is testament to the company that I am back to see further development and the completion of their new state of the art loading bays.
"With sales of £4billion per annum, the agri-food industry is our largest manufacturing sector providing around 10% of all private sector employment and, with over 80% of our milk supply exported as dairy products, we need to ensure we create businesses that have the scale and efficiency to compete. Pritchitts is one such company, as the export award-winning dairy foodservice arm of Lakeland Dairies, employing over 200 people at Newtownards, they collect more than 400,000 litres of milk directly from Northern Ireland dairy farmers each day and contribute over £80million to the local economy. Working together, co-operatives and farmers can maintain world class practices and this will help to ensure an optimum milk price combined with sustainable profitability to ensure the continuing growth and development of the business."
Pritchitts is a dairy foodservice arm of Lakeland Dairies co-operative.
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