Dairy nutritionals facility
A state-of-the-art facility that produces a range of high quality dairy and nutritional powdered milk ingredient products.
About this project
Global nutrition group Glanbia sells its products in over 130 countries worldwide. The company created a state-of-the-art dairy facility at Belview, Ireland. It was designed to produce a range of high quality dairy
and nutritional powdered milk ingredient products. Following the initial development, the facility was subsequently expanded to increase its throughput by over 50%.
Concept to completion
PM Group began working on this development at the feasibility and concept design stages. We progressed onto site selection and master planning, basic and detailed design, regulatory licence applications (planning, fire safety, IPPC), procurement, construction management and start up assistance.
Area
23,500 sqm
Phase 1 development
Area
11,000 sqm
Phase 2 development
Phase 1
The first phase of development consisted of a dairy intake facility, milk processing, evaporation, drying and powder handling and filling facilities.
The key process elements were two GEA spray dryers with associated packaging equipment filling into 1 tonne and 25kg sacks.
Phase 2
Following the successful completion of Phase 1, PM Group was retained to provide EPCM services for a further expansion at the site.
This development involved a new milk intake facility, a reverse osmosis concentration plant, evaporator, dryer, powder handling and storage with additional bagging / packing lines.
Reducing risk
The facility now incorporates 3 large spray dryers running in parallel and capable of producing both high quality powders and infant formula ingredients. The plant is fully automated from milk intake through to final packaging.
To reduce risk and ensure the design allowed for a fully integrated facility, we used the latest 3D modelling design tools.
“BIM was central to the design, construction, start‐up and handover phases. Its use enabled the client to see how the extension would evolve and the high level of integration before a single stone was turned”.
Tom Waters
Sector Director, Food, Beverage & Consumer Health
Innovative water and energy usage
Minimising water use was a key goal and to achieve this, the plant treats all water evaporated from the milk using Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Ultra Violet (UV) treatment. This treated water is then reused throughout the facility, minimising the use of fresh water from municipal sources.
Energy efficiency was also a critical component and there are many sources of heat recovery throughout the plant to achieve a significant reduction in energy required.
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