Ballance Agri-Nutrients confirms the end of manufacturing at Mt Maunganui

Ballance Agri-Nutrients confirms the end of manufacturing at Mt Maunganui
Ballance Agri-Nutrients CEO Kelvin Wickham. (Image: Supplied)
Staff reporters
Balance Agri-Nutrients has confirmed that it will cease manufacturing super single phosphate from its Mount Maunganui site, resulting in a net loss of 60 jobs.The site will continue to function as the co-operative’s head office and as a nutrient storage and distribution centre. The decision marks the end of nearly 70 years of manufacturing in Mount Maunganui.Manufacturing of phosphate and urea will continue at Ballance’s Invercargill and Taranaki sites, and products will be imported from overseas.The co-operative will start winding...

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