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German packaging machinery giant Krones has added a new subsidiary which caters for the dairy industry.

Called Milkron GmbH, the division is designed to offer plant construction and service support for the dairy industry as part of its goal of becoming a global vendor for this segment.

Headquartered near Hanover, it will focus on the engineering of production lines for all liquid to paste-like dairy products.

It will cover planning, project management, automation, installation, and commissioning and acceptance testing of the equipment on-site.

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