President Director of Fonterra Brands Indonesia, Achyut Kasireddy introduces New Zealand Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key
to Indonesian farmers who have taken part in the Fonterra Dairy Scholarship programme. The local farmers met the Prime
Minister as part of an event at Fonterra Brands Indonesia’s Cikarang manufacturing facility to mark the strong
agricultural partnership between Indonesia and New Zealand.
19 July 2016
New Zealand Prime Minister Visits Fonterra’s Manufacturing Facility to Celebrate Strong Agricultural Ties with Indonesia
Today New Zealand Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key, and Deputy Minister of National Development Planning,Gellwynn Daniel
Hamzah Jusuf, visited Fonterra Brands Indonesia’s Cikarang manufacturing facility to mark the strong agricultural
partnership between Indonesia and New Zealand.
They were joined by a delegation which included New Zealand Minister of Trade, Todd McClay, representatives from
Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fonterra’s Chief Operating Officer of Farm Source, Miles Hurrell, and President
Director of Fonterra Brands Indonesia, Achyut Kasireddy.
Fonterra’s Cikarang site, which was built to meet Indonesia’s growing demand for dairy, has the capacity to blend and
pack up to 87,000 packs of Fonterra’s Anlene, Anmum and Anchor Boneeto dairy brands each day. The Rp 340 billion (NZD
$36 million) facility was opened in September last year and is the dairy co-operative’s largest investment in ASEAN in
the last decade.
President Director of Fonterra Brands Indonesia, Achyut Kasireddy, said New Zealand and Indonesia have shared a positive
relationship over the past 65 years, and as New Zealand’s largest company, Fonterra has been flying the New Zealand flag
in Indonesia for over 30 years.
“It’s a great honour to host both the New Zealand Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of National Development Planning
here today, alongside other dignitaries, to celebrate both countries’ strong agricultural and business relationship,”
said Mr Kasireddy.
New Zealand Minister of Trade Todd McClay welcomed Fonterra’s investment and said it reinforced the exciting
opportunities available for New Zealand companies in Indonesia.
“This is a market with large potential. Fonterra’s longstanding commitment to Indonesia should encourage other New
Zealand companies to play a greater role,” said Mr McClay.
Mr Kasireddy added that Indonesia is one of Fonterra’s priority markets where the dairy co-operative sees huge potential
for growth.
“Our investment in this site allows us to produce more high quality dairy nutrition to meet Indonesians’ increasing
demand for dairy."
“At the same time, as a dairy co-operative owned by farmers, we are looking to help grow the Indonesian dairy industry
by working closely with local dairying communities to help up-skill farmers through our Fonterra Dairy Scholarship
programme, which is now in its fourth year,” said Mr Kasireddy.
Several of the farmer alumni from the Fonterra Dairy Scholarship programme met with the delegation to share their
experiences about being part of the 12 month programme. Run in conjunction with the Indonesian Directorate General of
Livestock Farming, the participants learn best-practice dairy farming techniques through on-farm training sessions in
Indonesia and during a 12 week visit to New Zealand.
As part of the visit the delegation toured the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, tasted Fonterra’s culinary
expertise first-hand with dishes created by a Fonterra chef, and were treated to a showcase of Fonterra’s leading
in-market consumer brands Anlene, Anmum and Anchor Boneeto.
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