New Zealand's second biggest dairy manufacturer Open Country Dairy is expanding again - this time with a major plant addition in Southland.
Chairman Laurie Margrain said the new plant, currently in the resource consent process, would add 50 per cent to manufacturing capacity at the company's Awaroa site.
It was expected to be operational in September next year.
The planned expansion already had full milk supply, Margrain said.
He declined to share the cost of the new plant or the milk processing volumes involved.