Arla to invest in £460million of which £72million will come to the UK

Arla has announced a whopping £460 million European investment plan of which £72 million will be invested in the UK. Of this £72 million £34 million will be spent at its Aylesbury plant which will predominantly go into facilities for the production of lactose free dairy products.  Ten out of twelve UK Arla processing facilities will receive a share of the investment money.

This is positive news from the Dairy giant demonstrating the long-term confidence Arla has to growing the UK Dairy Industry.  A similar investment signal previously came from Muller last year so clearly both of our two largest processors have confidence.  For Arla it’s the biggest annual investment in the UK excepting the commitment to build Aylesbury.