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<\/p>\nCork plant will be producing key ingredients for 80 markets worldwide<\/p>\n
09:07, 20 Apr 2026Updated 09:18, 20 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
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James Fitzpatrick, Plant Manager and Cllr Ian Doyle, Cork County Council, pictured at the official opening of the Kerry Carrigaline (Image: Robbie Reynolds)<\/p>\n
There’s a big vote of confidence that has just been made in Cork’s biggest town by the giant Kerry Group – with a significantly expanded biotechnology manufacturing facility in Carrigaline.<\/p>\n
The newly operational and expanded plant will produce lactase enzymes at industrial scale, allowing Kerry to supply key markets worldwide where demand is accelerating for lactose\u2011free and sugar\u2011reduced dairy products. The investment future-proofs the Carrigaline plant and makes it a key facility for the diary giant’s plans worldwide. Carrigaline will be working with the Kerry Biotechnology Centre in Leipzig, Germany on the latest breakthroughs in this area.<\/p>\n
Kerry Group say Carrigaline site plays a central role in Kerry\u2019s global manufacturing network, supporting more than 200 customers across over 80 countries. Lactase enzymes produced at the site are used to process more than two million tonnes of milk annually, reaching an estimated 28 million consumers worldwide.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis investment translates decades of biotech research into scalable, real\u2011world capability,\u201d said Shane McGibney, President & CEO, Biotechnology Solutions and Transformation at Kerry. \u201cBy strengthening the link between enzyme engineering and industrial production, we\u2019re able to move innovations more efficiently from the lab to the production line \u2013 helping customers access reliable supply and bring new products to market with greater speed and confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Carrigaline investment enhances Kerry\u2019s end\u2011to\u2011end enzyme platform by more closely linking advanced enzyme engineering and strain development with large\u2011scale manufacturing. Working with Kerry\u2019s Global Innovation Centre as the central hub, Kerry connects innovation and application development with its specialised biotechnology capabilities at the Kerry Biotechnology Centre in Leipzig, Germany, and expanded production capacity in Carrigaline, Ireland – accelerating the journey from lab\u2011based discovery to commercial application.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis facility demonstrates how industry, skills and innovation come together to support the future of Ireland\u2019s food and biotechnology sectors\u201d, said Peter Burke, Ireland\u2019s Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment of Ireland. \u201cAs a global leader in food, Kerry Group continues to play an important role in advancing high value capability from its Irish base. Manufacturing sites like Carrigaline help move innovation towards scale and strengthen Ireland\u2019s position in advanced manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Demand for lactose\u2011free and sugar\u2011reduced dairy continues to grow across global markets, as consumers seek products that support digestive comfort and reduced sugar intake without compromising taste or quality. Kerry\u2019s expanded lactase capacity is designed to help dairy producers respond to this demand quickly, reliably and at scale.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor our customers, this expansion is about execution as much as innovation,\u201d said Ronan Moloney, Vice President of Enzymes at Kerry. \u201cWith increased manufacturing capacity in Carrigaline, combined with deep application expertise, we can support customers through enzyme selection, process optimisation and scale\u2011up \u2013 reducing bottlenecks and strengthening supply continuity as they commercialise lactose\u2011free and sugar\u2011reduced dairy products.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork plant will be producing key ingredients for 80 markets worldwide 09:07, 20 Apr 2026Updated 09:18, 20 Apr…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,58912,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-444688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-carrigaline","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116437180800183808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}