Alliance Group beefing up facilities to meet demand for blood products

Alliance Group beefing up facilities to meet demand for blood products
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard Sept. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Alliance Group will invest $1.7 million in two plants in order to meet growing demand for New Zealand-sourced blood products.  In Pukeuri in Oamaru it will build a new facility created to help boost the recovery of blood-based products for sale to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, the cooperative said in a statement.  The meat processor will also improve the recovery of offal and upgrade the pet food area, it said.  Blood products are used in the development of v...