Midfield Group, Australia, and Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) Dairy Asia Pte Ltd., a Netherlands-based wholly owned subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Co. Asia, entered into a joint venture for the construction, development and management of a dairy processing plant and related commercial activities.

ClearSpan Fabric Structures, South Windsor, Conn., announced a new structural solution—the Dairy Building.

For a major Wisconsin-based dairy products company, a progressing cavity pump handled the difficult task of transferring sweetened condensed milk out of flash coolers.

The market for dairy processing equipment is expected to be worth $10.9 billion by 2020, according to a study published by Markets and Markets, Dallas, Texas.

The floor area within a dairy farm or processing plant is subjected to a long list of damaging and deteriorating factors, such as traffic from rubber boots, cattle and forklift trucks, heavy machinery, lactic acid spillages and intense cleaning routines. Despite these challenging conditions, the floor finish needs to provide a clean platform that keeps both food products and employees safe.

LT Industries, Gaithersburg, Md., introduced NIR Dairy Analyzers, designed to improve quality control and production in dairy processing of milk, powders, creams, butter, cheese and intermediate products.