ISG to build dairy facility at Nantwich College

by Michael Fahy - 28/10/2009

"ISG has secured a £1m project with Reaseheath College to refurbish and enlarge an advanced dairy processing facility at its 500-acre Cheshire parkland site."

ISG is stripping out and refurbishing the college's existing food processing halls and is also building a 2,000 sq ft steel frame extension. The college said that the refurbishment would allow it to expand its services to North West businesses and encourage business growth and diversification throughout the region.

Food manufacturers and new food producers will be encouraged to use the state-of-the-art facilities for new product development, and the facility is being built with grant money from the Northwest Regional Development Agency.

The food halls will also be used by students on the dairy industry's new world class education initiative, Project Eden. Project Eden is a partnership between leading dairy processors and manufacturers, Improve, the sector skills council for food and drink industry, and Dairy UK, the industry's trade organisation.

“The food and drink sector is a critically important part of the economy in the UK and particularly in the North West,” said Reaseheath College's Principal, Meredydd David.

“It is wonderful to see work starting on a project which will enable us to continue to provide specialist support, knowledge and technology transfer to these industries. It will also help to maintain competitiveness and profitability during these challenging times.

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