Displaying items by tag: Westland Milk Products

Arguably one of the country's top dairy company's chief executives, Richard Wyeth has abruptly quit Chinese owned Westland Milk Products (WMP)

OPINION: This old mutt well remembers the wailing, whining and gnashing of teeth by former West Coast MP and Labour Agriculture Minister Damian O’Connor when Chineseowned Yili took over the troubled dairy company Westland Milk a few years back.

Westland Milk has reaffirmed its commitment to pay farmer suppliers 10c above Fonterra farm gate milk price for the following two seasons.

Not all milk processors in New Zealand are struggling; just look at Westland Milk Products on the West Coast.

Dairy farmers supplying Chinese-owned Westland Milk Products in Hokitika had another reason to celebrate this holiday season.

West Coast milk processor Westland Milk Products says its suppliers have helped the company move up global independent rankings for corporate social responsibility.

OPINION: Remember when the once-crumbling Westland Milk Products company was bought out by Chinese company Yili in 2019 and the howls of outrage and derision from current Minister of Agriculture and West Coast MP Damien O'Connor describing it as a 'sad day' for the West Coast?

Chinese-owned milk processor Westland Milk Products is building a new $70 million lactoferrin plant at its Hokitika site.

Westland Milk Products (WMP) butter range is continuing to win awards.

A strategy focusing on high value products and a culture shift among the workforce has guided Chinese-owned Westland Milk Products to hit $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time.