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Rows of gallon jugs being produced in-house at Maola.

Inside the Plant

Maola Newport News expands plant efficiencies in an evolving dairy landscape

Virginia plant supplies milk to schools, government and military commissaries.

April 27, 2026

Maola Local Dairies' Newport News plant processes a variety of dairy products, focusing on sustainability and innovation. With a strong team and advanced HTST technology, they supply milk to schools and retailers across the Southeast, ensuring freshness and quality.

The advantages of bringing blow-molding operations in-house

Processors of dairy and nondairy beverages could reap a number of advantages by bringing blow-molding operations in-house.

Kathie Canning

December 6, 2017

Numerous processors of drinkable yogurts, other ready-to-drink (RTD) dairy beverages and RTD nondairy beverages rely on blow-molded bottles for their products. In many cases, these bottles are produced elsewhere and delivered to the processing facilities.

Lighter is better for blow-molded bottles

Dairy processors of drinkable yogurts and other beverages seek to make bottles that weigh less. Other manufacturing concerns include reducing energy consumption.

December 8, 2016

Single-serve beverages, such as drinkable yogurts, meet consumers’ needs for portable snacks. Dairy processors can buy beverage bottles or produce their own on blow molding machines.

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Why it makes sense to make your own bottles

Blow-molding from forms or resins is considered to be an eco-friendly production method.

December 7, 2015

New equipment is sized and priced for smaller dairies. Plus, dairy processors can lessen their carbon footprint by molding bottles from plastic resin or preforms.

Save energy with blow molding

December 5, 2014

On-site blow molding saves transportation costs because a truckload of resin or preforms can yield more containers than a truckload of finished milk jugs.

Equipment

Serac launches its PET bottle blow molding machines for dairy

June 4, 2013

Serac introduces its PET bottle blow molding machines for dairy products.

Take a holistic view of blow-molding

Dairy processors should look at more than the equipment itself. Suppliers can provide guidance on package design, testing, marketing and continuous improvement.

James Carper

December 15, 2012

A U.S. dairy processor that had been blow-molding containers for drinkable yogurts decided to source them from a custom molder. But the drinks proved to be so popular, that the supply chain was stressed. The processor returned to in-house blow-molding of the 7-ounce and 32-ounce containers.

Best Practices in Blow Molding for Dairy Processors

Vendors of blow-molding equipment offer more than machinery. Dairy processors can turn to them for advice about package design and manufacturing efficiencies.

December 1, 2011

Companies that build machinery to produce, trim and handle packages are a valuable resource to the package designer, says Brian Dowler of Graham Engineering, York, Pa. Their experience with a broad array of packages can benefit a dairy processor.Lessons that equipment vendors learned in one application, such as the production of bottles for non-food applications, often can be applied to produce innovative options for food packages as well, he says. Container light weighting is one example.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are well established in dairy processing but continue to evolve to improve performance, reduce energy use, and increase operational longevity.

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