Milk Marque is to close its Product Development Centre at Reaseheath, Cheshire, after failing to attract a buyer.
The centre was set up in 1993 to offer consultancy, training, pilot plant, market testing and contract processing facilities to the dairy industry. Following the break-up of Milk Marque last year, the centre was put on the market in the autumn with the hope that it would be taken over as an ongoing operation.
Despite 12 companies having expressed an interest, no reasonable offer had been made, claimed Milk Marque managing director David Jones. He added: