PLANT PROFILE: PROLIANT DAIRY INGREDIENTS JOYCE FASSL
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At Proliant Dairy Ingredients’ new facility in St. Johns, Mich., a pipe bridge conveys liquid milk permeate and whey permeate from the adjacent MWC plant for producing dry ingredients for feed and food applications. PHOTO BY THOMAS KIRBY
Bridging the Gap for Whey Permeate Proliant Dairy Ingredients receives whey permeate from MWC’s concentrate process via a pipe bridge, where it is dried on the world’s largest permeate dryer of its kind. The collaboration provides environmental savings and maximum return for both facilities.
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ENTRAL MICHIGAN HAS a giant milk supply. In fact, Proliant Dairy Ingredients chose it as the location for the company’s second facility for producing dry ingredients for feed and food applications largely for that reason. Founded in 1975, Proliant is part of the Lauridsen Group, a privately owned holding company consisting of seven independent companies. Its 100,000sq-ft greenfield facility in St. Johns, Mich., is located
adjacent to the new MWC cheese and whey processing plant. Proliant’s plant provides a needed outlet for the by-product from the adjoining MWC facility. (See cover story on MWC on page 23 of this issue.) Maximum return on investment The site for MWC and Proliant was conceived as part of an agricultural campus. The concept materialized when Proliant agreed to acquire the neighwww.profoodworld.com
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