Case Study: Mataura Valley Milk achieves world-class product quality and real-time operational visibility with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Plant

How EcoStruxureTM Plant is improving safety, efficiency, and productivity with an easy-to-use solution

Mataura Valley Milk set out to "build the world’s best nutritional business" with a new greenfield milk‑processing plant in New Zealand that needed to combine agility, stringent quality controls and full trust in real‑time data across its operations. To achieve this, the company selected Schneider Electric and its EcoStruxure Plant (and Plant & Power) architecture—integrating AVEVA System Platform, Batch Management and MES—to deliver a fully connected, on‑time, on‑budget facility with end‑to‑end visibility.

Schneider Electric implemented an EcoStruxure solution using Modicon M580 edge controllers, Altivar drives, AccuSine harmonic filters, TeSys motor controls and power monitoring to provide real‑time data, power quality and traceability across the site. The result: robust track‑and‑trace, faster decision‑making and measurable quality and speed gains — over 3,300 aerobic plate count tests in 2018/19 with a highest result of just 190 cfu/g (versus an accepted limit of 5,000 cfu/g), plus a reported 20% faster time to market, improved energy visibility and a scalable backbone that supports global accreditation and growth.

Mataura Valley Milk

Scott Waddell

Assistant Engineering Manager