Innovation
The Group Technical Centre at Ballymena is the hub of new product development and process innovation within Dale Farm. Since the technical centre opened in 2003, Dale Farm has invested over £4.5m in product and process innovation. Over 450 new projects have been carried out, resulting in numerous new products, product rejuvenations and process improvements.
The Group Technical Centre contains Analytical, Microbiological and New Product Development laboratories, which service the entire Dale Farm group of companies. Group Project Engineering, Procurement and Environment, Health & Safety are also managed from the Technical Centre.
Some of the centre’s key successes have been The One, the UK’s first Probiotic cheese, Dromona Pure Butter, Spelga Greek Style & the new and improved Spelga Rich & Creamy.
