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Seems to be Plenty of new dairy units been set up in North Wales.
That was the original idea but then they realised that shutting down for 2-3 months might not be the best way to retain factory staff etc never mind that machinery doesn’t really like not working.
IF it ever gets up and running , I suspect they’d need some AYR or autumn block boys on board.
You need a good shutdown every year for maintenance and improvements.
Staff wouldn't need to be that hard, put them on an annualised hours contract.
Work your hours in 10 months have 2 off. It would make it more attractive surely, no work over Christmas?
Adding complications and expense just to keep the factory running everyday doesn't make much sense.
How much UK processing works 24 hours a day every day?
Yes but your processor only owns the steel and so wants to maximise it's returns.Our processor (mozzarella) works 24/7/365 and I would have thought due to investments in to factories, very few shut down unless forced to e.g. some car manufacturers went on to short time recently due to lack of demand but would otherwise work 24 hour days.
Certain factories in Ireland used to shut down.Yes but your processor only owns the steel and so wants to maximise it's returns.
You put in a rotary but didn't size it to maximise it's return and run it 24/7 you sized it to make the whole farm balance work.
Fonterra has the benefit of being controlled from cow to stainless and balances the best for the overall picture.
Glanbia in Ireland have just decided to maximise the stainless and put quotas on spring production this is not going down well with their farmers and ICMSA or whatever it's called.
Our processor (mozzarella) works 24/7/365 and I would have thought due to investments in to factories, very few shut down unless forced to e.g. some car manufacturers went on to short time recently due to lack of demand but would otherwise work 24 hour days.
I thought someone on here mentioned that there was more demand for milk during the week as some places closed down at the weekend?
We have a lot of places run 24/7 round here but not always for the whole year.
Fonterra starts and stops factories as milk volumes and product orders change as they finally have spare capacity.
Some of the freezing works are seasonal I think although FreshPork in town runs all year and uses it as a n advantage when recruiting.
I'd have thought the first problem for a new cheese factory would be getting enough profitable orders, for cheaper COP spring milk and work from there.
The kiwis have been doing it successfully for 100 yearsThat was the original idea but then they realised that shutting down for 2-3 months might not be the best way to retain factory staff etc never mind that machinery doesn’t really like not working.
IF it ever gets up and running , I suspect they’d need some AYR or autumn block boys on board.
IIRC the aim was to produce an Edam type mild cheddar so it would be possible to shut the factory down.
However, I learnt today that Glanbia Ireland have had to invest over £700m to cope with the Irish flush off grass so the factory is maxed out for 8 weeks of the year then tapers off fairly quickly to the extent that they now have to limit their suppliers production profile.
Hell of a lot of money not to run at or near capacity round the clock