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Article: From Western France to the world: Lactalis's expanded UHT plant produces 1.5 million liters a day, with a portion of it bound for foreign lands.(Plant Operations)(Ultra Heat Treated)
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- October 1, 2004
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VITRE, France -- There's a remarkably preserved medieval castle in this town of 25,000 about two hours west of Paris. The bastion is one of several in a latitudinal line which once formed a perimeter defense for the state of Bretagne in the heart of what is now one of France's most important agricultural and food processing regions.
This is the home of Camembert, the LeMans race course, and, in Vitre, one of the largest fluid milk plants in the country. The Groupe Lactalis facility not only produces more than 1.5 million liters of milk, baby formula, and juice daily, but it offers a bit of a history lesson as well, for anyone interested in the dairy industry.
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