SPX FLOW partners with Arla Foods on $30M+ UHT center of excellence expansion

APV, a brand within SPX FLOW’s Nutrition & Health division, has secured a major project worth more than $30 million with one of the world’s largest dairy cooperatives—Arla Foods. The valued partnership aims to make the Lockerbie Creamery in Scotland a UHT center of excellence by mass scaling milkshake, sundae and lactose-free milk production at the site. The expansion also underpins the Arla’s ambition to be carbon net zero by 2050, and SPX FLOW’s mantra, “Earth Day, Every Day.” 

SPX FLOW designed the UHT solution around Arla’s agreed targets for minimizing water, energy and waste—key performance indicators for dairy’s broader sustainability journey. By enabling long production runs and reducing operational steps, the APV Injection UHT solution is expected to cut operational costs by 30%–50% while supporting a high-volume/low-product strategy. 

“This success exemplifies how innovation and sustainability work hand in hand,” says Simon Phillips, President for Nutrition & Health Solutions at SPX FLOW. “By combining our APV expertise, Arla's creating a UHT Center of Excellence that will sustainably support innovation and deliver high-quality products for years to come.” 

More than the Injection UHT, the APV-retrofitted Creamery now also includes: 

• A Flex-Mix Instant Mixer for vacuum mixing 

• Q055 Energy-Saving Plate Heat Exchangers 

• Assorted Pumps and valves