Cayuga Milk Ingredients Opens New Consumer Goods Plant in $270M Expansion

Cayuga Milk Ingredients (CMI), in partnership with food packaging company Tetra Pak, has opened a new consumer goods plant in Auburn, Cayuga County, as part of a $270 million expansion of its New York state operations.

The new 235,000-square-foot facility is the first phase of a two-part project that expands CMI’s Eagle Drive site. Phase one includes the installation of UHT/aseptic low-acid packaging systems and new processing equipment. Phase two will add more machinery and expand the facility’s wastewater treatment plant.

CMI is owned by 22 farm families across 32 farms in New York’s Finger Lakes region and processes 1.5 billion pounds of milk each year. Its dairy ingredients include milk powders, protein powders and fluid milk products. With this new plant, the company adds consumer-packaged goods to its portfolio, aiming to become a vertically integrated contract manufacturer for shelf-stable, value-added dairy products.

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