# Weihenstephan modernizes butter plant with GEA BUE 6000 buttermaking machine

Molkerei Weihenstephan modernized its Freising production plant with a new butter processing plant and blended spread production facility, featuring GEA's BUE 6000 Buttermaking Machine, which started operations in 2016.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-04-19
- Where: Freising, Germany, Germany
- Starts operating: 2016
- Status: completed
- Products: butter, blended spread
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Molkerei Weihenstephan](https://endata.com/companies/46654.md)
- [GEA](https://endata.com/companies/3367.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [fmtmagazine.in](https://fmtmagazine.in/everythings-smooth-as-butter-with-state-of-the-art-buttermaking-machine/), 2020-04-19: "Consumers’ behavior has seen a turnaround in recent years: the trend is to move away from carbohydrates and towards dairy products and foods whose formulas are based on animal milk fat as a flavor carrier."

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