Cayuga Milk Ingredients formally opens $270M expansion near Auburn

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AURELIUS, N.Y. — Cayuga Milk Ingredients (CMI) on Wednesday formally opened its $270 million expansion following a two-phase project in the town of Aurelius in Cayuga County, near Auburn. The new facility will allow the company to more than double its workforce, adding up to 150 new jobs to the existing workforce of 100 employees, […]

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AURELIUS, N.Y. — Cayuga Milk Ingredients (CMI) on Wednesday formally opened its $270 million expansion following a two-phase project in the town of Aurelius in Cayuga County, near Auburn.

The new facility will allow the company to more than double its workforce, adding up to 150 new jobs to the existing workforce of 100 employees, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.

The addition will also allow the company to better serve its clients and “create opportunities” for New York dairy farmers as well.

CMI announced the grand opening in collaboration with Tetra Pak, a food-processing and packaging-solutions company, per a separate company statement. Tetra Pak has operations in Denton, Texas.

New York State is supporting the project through a $4 million capital grant and up to $4 million made available through the performance-based, Excelsior Jobs tax-credit program in exchange for job-creation commitments.

Cayuga Milk Ingredients says it is a farmer-owned dairy processor, producing premium milk and dairy ingredients for customers across the globe. The announcement comes as the state acknowledges Dairy Month this June, Hochul’s office noted.

“Cayuga Milk Ingredients is proud to be a key player in New York’s dairy industry, with the investment in our new aseptic and extended shelf-life fluid dairy production facility driving long term growth in our community with more than 150 new permanent jobs, as well as another [350-plus] jobs during facility construction,” Brian Linney, Cayuga Milk Ingredients and Cayuga Marketing CEO, said in the state’s announcement. “We are grateful for the support of Governor Hochul in this project expansion as we work to ensure the continued success and longevity of the agricultural industry in New York State.”

The first phase of the expansion at the Eagle Drive facility included the purchase and installation of an ultra-high temperature (UHT)/aseptic low acid packaging system and a new reverse osmosis filtration system. The second phase included the addition of machinery and equipment, and the expansion of the facility’s wastewater-treatment plant.

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Cody Clark of Byrne, Adrienne Hickey of Upstate Medical University, Kathy Millet of Belden, and Kevin Wade of BPAS Actuarial & Pension Services LLC were honored with the Career Spark Award for mentoring students on their career journeys.

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