Nestlé inaugurates new P2-B malt plant in Lipa
NESTLÉ Philippines recently inaugurated a new malt production plant in its Lipa factory with a total investment of P2 billion.
The Lipa plant is its fourth such facility in the world, with three others located in Singapore, Nigeria and Australia.
The 5,400- square- meter facility produces malt extract, a key ingredient in the manufacture of its Milo brand of chocolate drink products.
“This latest investment is aligned with our long- term commitment to contribute to the growth of the economy and participate in the development of the country,” Nestlé Philippines Chairman and CEO Jacques Reber said during the inauguration ceremony.
The plant uses barley and cassava as major raw materials for the production of the malt extract. While cassava is initially being imported from Thailand, Nestlé is now actively looking at using cassava sourced from farmers in the Philippines to create shared value and help improve farmer incomes in the agriculture sector.
The company said it has started to qualify local cassava farmers, and hopes that more farmers will take up cassava planting to
In photo is the brand-new P2-billion malt production plant of Nestlé Philippines at the company’s Lipa complex. supply Nestlé’s requirements in lighting and ventilation, is deThe malt facility, which houses the long term. signed for low water consumption a specially designed gallery al
The malt plant’s capacity is exand minimal water loss, and is lowing visitors to observe and pected to increase considerably in equipped with solar panels to heat understand how malt is prothree to four years, with potential water used in production. duced for Milo, is the third plant for exporting some of its output The plant’s cooling towers use at the Lipa factory complex, to other Nestlé companies abroad. available rainwater and treated which has a total land area of 29
The plant is also expected to enprocessing water serves to irrigate hectares. The factory’s two other able Nestlé Philippines to develop the nearby Nestlé Lipa Integrated plants manufacture Milo and new types of malt extract. Coffee Center, which will also Breakfast Cereals, respectively.
The new facility is highly autouse residue from production Nestlé Philippines, Inc. manumated and employs 23 operators as fertilizer. Spent grains from factures and markets a wide range and technicians, saving on energy barley residuals, which have of food products and beverages to costs and the use of traditional nutritional value, are used for Filipino consumers. energy sources. It uses natural animal feeds.