Valio invests to benefit the environment
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Valio has 15 production plants in Finland, a dairy and cheese plant in Estonia, a cheese packing operation in Belgium, and a customer service centre and distribution terminal in Moscow that also manufactures processed cheese.
Valio’s investments in 2010 totalled 68 million euros. In Finland, the most significant investments were at the Seinäjoki butter and spreads plant, the revamp of the processed cheese slices production process at the Vantaa plant, increased capacity at the Joensuu cheese plant, and the construction in Oulu of premises to provide services for milk producers.
In Estonia, the Laeva dairy warehouse terminal was expanded, while in Moscow processed cheese production capacity was increased.
The key environmental investment was adding the Fines Recovery System to the other powder drier at the Seinäjoki plant.
In addition, Valio improved production energy efficiency by investing 0.8 million euros in lost heat recovery using heat pump technology at four production plants.
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The world’s most advanced butter and spreads plant was officially inaugurated in Seinäjoki on 8th June 2010. Construction work on the expansion of the original plant got underway in 2007, and the new plant has been running at full capacity since early 2010.
The Seinäjoki butter and spreads plant expansion was Valio’s most significant renovation of its production facilities in 25 years and enables greater flexibility in varying the product range.
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The Laeva dairy expansion in Estonia adds a distribution terminal and production premises. On completion in spring 2011, process line installation will begin.
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