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Arla is to close its dairy and distribution facility at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in April 2014, and transfer volume to its near-complete, new mega-dairy in Aylesbury.

The proposed closure in April 2014, could mean the loss of up to 370 jobs, the company said 31 July.

The one-billion-litre dairy in Aylesbury is on track to be processing milk commercially by autumn and volumes are ahead of original expectations, according to Lars Dalsgaard, head of Arla UK’s supply chain

“We intend to maximise the use of our well-invested dairies, complemented by our new, cutting edge, processing facility in Aylesbury, to meet the requirements of our customers,” said Dalsgaard..

Arla UK has a milk pool of 3.2 billion litres and is looking to expand its supply by a further 500 million litres by 2017.

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