FLOUR miller and baking products supplier Allied Mills has celebrated a $43 million expansion at its Brisbane mill with an official opening by Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman.
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The new mill and mixing plant now re-establishes Allied Mills' production capacity in Queensland after a big setback in early 2011 when flash flooding ripped through the Darling Downs city of Toowoomba, inundating many parts of the central business precinct.
Allied's historic mill and mixing plant, and big volumes of grain and flour stocks, were badly damaged by the extreme weather event, which later led to significant flooding downstream in Brisbane.
With its Toowoomba plant now out of action, the Tennyson facility has been substantially upgraded with a new hard wheat flour mill, new dry mixing facilities and a larger warehouse.
Allied managing director Joe Di Leo said the big investment was enabling the company to maximise its service and efficiency standard for Queensland customers and support the local economy and job market.
"This building project was essential for Allied Mills to respond to the flood devastation that left the Toowoomba site incapable of continuing to service our customers," Mr Di Leo said.
"We look forward to now having full capability to service Queensland customers directly from the Tennyson site and no longer requiring product from our interstate facilities.
"Our products are now 100 per cent made in Queensland for Queensland customers."
Allied Mills is a 60-40 joint venture between GrainCorp and Cargill, formed 11 years ago.
The company is a major flour and baking ingredients supplier to the food industry.
Apart from its own wholesale and commercial lines it has exclusive supply agreements as a bulk provider to the likes of Goodman Fielder group whose brands include White Wings, Pampas, Helgas, Mighty Soft and Molenberg.
Allied is also a bakery ingredients supplier to retailers such as Muffin Break and Woolworths and runs a par-baked division supplying frozen specialty bread and doughnut lines to in-store retail bakeries nationwide.
"The Tennyson site ensures the manufacture of ingredients for iconic household brands that Australian families have come to trust," Mr Di Leo said.
"The design and leading edge technology ensures the highest food safety standards, the most energy efficient construction and advanced milling technology the world has seen.
"It will deliver superior product quality and consistency every time."
