Vinamilk, the market leader in Vietnam for production of dairy products, has placed an order with GEA Process Engineering for the delivery of two complete dairy processing lines for production of infant formula. The order of more than EUR30 million is Vinamilk’s biggest single investment in dairy processing equipment.

The delivery includes two GEA Process Engineering wet mix plants, two GEA Niro spray dryers, and two GEA Colby powder handling and retail filling plants. GEA Process Engineering will also provide utility and mechanical installation as well as production start-up services. The two processing lines will each have a capacity to produce four tons of infant formula per hour.
Infant formula production, scheduled to commence in August 2012, will serve both the domestic market in Vietnam as well as Vinamilk’s export markets.