18 Jul 2022 --- Chinese dairy giant Yili has inaugurated its new global Smart Manufacturing Industrial Park launch ceremony in Hohhot, China. With the goal of building the “Silicon Valley” of milk-based products, Yili aims to establish a region that will serve as a global hub for the dairy and health industries. “With a total investment of RMB 5 billion (US$741 million), the liquid milk production base can process 6,500 [metric] tons of fresh milk per day, which can meet a megacity’s daily demand,” Dr. Zhanyou Yun, assistant president of Yili Group, Beijing, China, tells FoodIngredientsFirst. “The milk powder production site, with an investment of RMB 3 billion (US$445 million), is the world’s largest infant formula production base, featuring the highest level of digitization and advanced technologies. It has an annual production capacity of 60,000 [metric] tons, which can feed 1.28 million infants per year.”
