A new company, which will be engaged in the conversion of liquid egg into a variety of dried products and which will be capable of handling five and a half million eggs per week, is being launched in Northern Ireland.
News of the new firm was officially announced at a Press reception in Belfast last Tuesday. Plans are well advanced for the building of a new factory at Hillhall with operations due to commence in the spring of 1971.
Wick Egg Products (NI) Ltd, which is being set up by the parent company, Wick Pure Foods Ltd, London, with the co-operation of Gracey Bros Ltd and the Ulster Ministries of Commerce and Agriculture, represents an entirely new venture in Northern Ireland.
It will be welcomed by egg producers and packers throughout the Province and will add a new dimension to the egg industry here.
Initial plant costs are estimated in the region of £¼ million. It will be entirely staffed and managed by Ulster personnel who will be able to call on the expertise of the parent company achieved over 60 years in the egg product trade and which has established them as a leading manufacturer and distributor of egg products both to home and export markets.
When he spoke at last week’s Press reception, Mr C L Heller, technical director, Wick Pure Foods Ltd, explained that the function of the company was to convert liquid egg into a special high quality dried egg product.
He knew this project would be welcomed by producers and packers of Northern Ireland who in the past had shown themselves to be progressive in outlook.
“For my part, the setting up of the new company is an expression of my confidence in the future of the Northern Ireland egg industry,” said Mr Heller, adding: “You will notice that I have referred to a special high quality dried egg.
“We have advanced well beyond the indifferent material some of you may have known in years past.
“The dried egg products we have in mind are sophisticated products of high performances, are the result of many years of research and development and are particularly suitable for the rapidly growing needs of the convenience food market.”
