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Arla Foods has expanded UHT production at its Settle creamery which has resulted in the site doubling its capacity of its square UHT carton to boost production and enable the company to meet current and future demand.

Arla Foods has been named among the UK’s best food and drink manufacturers after reaching the final of the industry’s national awards that recognise manufacturing success.

Arla Foods triumphed at the 2011 annual Yorkshire Awards where it received the Yorkshire Business Enterprise award for outstanding efforts in job creation in the county.

The Secretary of State has confirmed that he will not call-in the £150 million Arla dairy proposal, giving Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) the green light to grant detailed planning permission for the dairy and outline planning permission for the ancillary and supporting business park uses on the site near to Aston Clinton, Aylesbury.

Just nine months after Arla Foods joined forces with Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP) to drive down CO2 emissions from farm to store, nearly 30 per cent of AFMP members have attended environmental workshops and over 200 have taken advantage of a free carbon assessment.

The world’s largest zero carbon dairy has been given the go ahead by the Aylesbury Vale District Council’s (AVDC) planning authority, generating 700 new jobs for the area.

The keyword for Arla’s first half-year 2011 is growth. Revenue rose by 12 per cent, among other things due to the merger with Hansa-Milch and price increases in the market. Arla also delivered a large increase in the milk price to the cooperative members in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.

Arla Foods has announced the launch of its new Indian dairy range, which will give Indian consumers the chance to buy authentic fresh Indian dairy produce in mainstream supermarkets, and will be available from the end of August.

Arla Foods has a commitment to become the world’s most natural dairy company, and is already well on the way to achieving that goal. Through on-farm carbon reduction programmes, lightweighting packaging, and using the latest technology in transport, the company has already begun to seriously reduce its carbon footprint.

Arla’s all encompassing environment strategy, which takes in each part of the supply chain, including on-farm operations, has led the company to victory at the Yorkshire Post’s environment awards.

Arla is taking kids Closer to Nature as it joins forces with members of Arla Foods Milk Partnership to give school children a taste of life on a farm.

Arla Foods has submitted a detailed planning application to Aylesbury Vale District Council for a £150 million investment to deliver the world’s first zero carbon fresh milk dairy, near to Aston Clinton, Aylesbury.