It is Fonterra’s largest investment in a new manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia in the past 10 years.
Managing director of Fonterra Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Pascal De Petrini, said the plant would allow Fonterra to meet the ever-growing demand for dairy nutrition in Indonesia.
“Demand for dairy in Indonesia is expected to grow by about 5% each year to 2020, and our investment in this facility will help support this growth,” he said.
The plant is expected to be operational by March 2015 and will create at least 150 full-time positions in the Cikarang and wider Bekasi regency communities where it is based.
The plant will have the capacity to pack and blend 12,000 tonnes of advanced and base nutrition milk powder products annually, equivalent to about 87,000 packs of Anlene, Anmum, and Anchor Boneeto every day.
Fonterra Brands Indonesia is among the fastest growing companies in Fonterra, and is one of the largest contributors to Fonterra’s Asian business, although Indonesians only consume 11 litres of milk per capita, which is well below neighbouring nations such as Singapore where consumption is 51 litres per capita.
Fonterra has 194 staff working with distribution and retail partners to make high quality dairy products available in more than 60,000 Indonesian outlets.
