Nampak to Invest in Irish Milk Bottle Plant

11 March 2010

Nampak said it will invest £3.25m ($4.8m) in a bottle manufacturing facility at Dale Farm's Pennybridge dairy, Northern Ireland.

The plant in Ballymena will operate four blow-moulding machines, manufacturing more than 100m milk bottles a year, the packaging firm said.

Nampak said it is also planning to export bottles to other dairies in Ireland.

The company expects the manufacturing line to use 10% recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE).

The investment coincides with Dale Farm's £39m ($58.3m) investment in its dairy procession facilities.