# Olam Food Ingredients appoints contractor for dairy processing plant in Tokoroa

Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) has appointed GEA New Zealand and First Principles Contractors to construct a state-of-the-art dairy processing plant in Tokoroa, New Zealand. The plant will include a spray dryer with capacity of one million litres of milk per day, producing over 45,000 tonnes of milk powder annually.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-01-11
- Where: Tokoroa, New Zealand
- Starts operating: Q3 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1 million litres of milk per day, 45,000 tonnes of milk powder annually
- Products: milk powder, dairy ingredients
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Olam Food Ingredients](https://endata.com/companies/60253.md)
- [GEA New Zealand](https://endata.com/companies/60254.md) (partner)
- [First Principles Contractors](https://endata.com/companies/60255.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [foodtechnology.co.nz](https://www.foodtechnology.co.nz/content/contractor-named-for-high-tech-dairy-plant/), 2022-01-11: "The new facility will place Tokoroa at the forefront of advanced dairy product processing and technologies."

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