Synlait Milk (ASX: SM1) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Synlait Milk is a New Zealand dairy company producing various dairy products, exporting to over 30 countries worldwide.
Synlait Milk
Synlait Milk is a New Zealand dairy processing company headquartered in Canterbury that specializes in manufacturing nutritional milk products and dairy ingredients for global market customers. The company operates major processing facilities in Dunsandel and Pokeno, where it processes raw milk sourced from hundreds of contracted dairy farms across the South and North Islands. Its product portfolio includes infant formula, adult nutritional powders, specialized dairy ingredients, lactoferrin, and consumer liquid milk products. The business supplies multinational consumer health brands, foodservice providers, and retail customers throughout Asia-Pacific and international markets.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Synlait Milk
- Infant and Adult Nutritional Powders: Formulation, blending, and spray-drying of fully formulated infant milk powders, follow-on formulas, toddler nutrition, and adult health powders manufactured at automated facilities in Canterbury and Waikato for multinational consumer health brands and export markets.
- Specialised Dairy Ingredients: Production of specialized milk powders, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, lactoferrin, and functional milk proteins at large-scale processing plants, serving global food manufacturers, pharmaceutical applications, and industrial nutritional customers across Asia and international markets.
- Consumer Dairy Products: Processing, pasteurization, and packaging of fresh liquid milk, cream, and retail dairy products at processing sites in New Zealand, supplying major supermarket chains, foodservice clients, and domestic distribution channels under long-term supply contracts.
- Manufacturing Asset Network: Operation of modern processing sites in Dunsandel and Pokeno equipped with high-capacity spray dryers, wet-mixing plants, automated packaging lines, advanced testing laboratories, and dedicated lactoferrin extraction facilities with extensive annual throughput capacity.
- Raw Milk Supply Procurement: Direct procurement of fresh raw milk from hundreds of contracted dairy farms across Canterbury and Waikato, supported by farm quality assurance standards, environmental compliance frameworks, and sustainable farm management certification systems.
- Foodservice and Beverage Solutions: Manufacturing and packaging of ultra-high temperature processed creams, specialized dairy liquid bases, and custom dairy formulations designed for commercial bakeries, beverage chains, and catering operators across regional and export markets.
Synlait Milk executive team
- Leon FungActing Chief Executive Officer & Director
- Lei LiuChief Financial Officer
- Richard HicksonChief Operating Officer
- Jo ScottHead of Corporate Affairs & Engagement
- Stephanie ManningDirector of Safety, People & Culture
- Abby YePresident of China & Director of Food Service
- Hamish YatesChief Revenue Officer
- David WilliamsGeneral Manager Milk Supply & Sustainability
- Tim CarterChief Executive Officer of Dairyworks