Synlait forecasts new season payout at $6.50kg/MS, buys Auckland canning plant

Synlait forecasts new season payout at $6.50kg/MS, buys Auckland canning plant
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie May 30 (BusinessDesk) - Synlait Milk has forecast a payout for the 2017/18 season of $6.50 per kilogram of milksolids, matching Fonterra Cooperative Group, while separately announcing the $33.2 million purchase of the Auckland-based milk powder canning operations of New Zealand Dairy Co. The Dunsandel-based milk processor made both announcements to the NZX this morning, with Synlait expecting its total spending on the canning plant will rise to $56.5 million once the NZDC factory is commissioned in October.  "The fa...