# Fonterra expands whey processing capacity at Heerenveen plant

Fonterra invested €10 million to build a new building on top of its existing production facility in Heerenveen, Netherlands, housing a membrane filtration plant supplied by ALPMA to increase whey processing capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-05-28
- Where: Heerenveen, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Value: $11.0M (10.0M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Products: whey processing, membrane filtration
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Fonterra](https://endata.com/companies/26713.md)
- [ALPMA](https://endata.com/companies/19246.md) (supplier)
- [Jorritsma](https://endata.com/companies/47516.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [jongsmasolutions.com](https://jongsmasolutions.com/en/2020/05/28/international-attention-for-fonterra-alpma-jes-project-in-molkerei/), 2020-05-28: "To accommodate whey from the new Mozzarella production at Royal Aware in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, Fonterra’s European plant, located right next to the Royal Aware cheese factory, needed to increase capacity."

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