1.
ABOUT
MILMA
Milma was established in April 1980 by Kerala
Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF). The mission of Milma is
‘Farmer’s Prosperity through consumer satisfaction’. The objective of Milma is
to build up a viable dairy industry in the State and to provide constant market
and stable price to the dairy farmers for their produce. The Malabar Cooperative
Milk Producers’ Union(MCMPU), head quartered at Kozhikode (Calicut) in Kerala,
was started in 1991. It has the 6 Northern Districts of Kerala as its area of
operation and an average milk procurement of 4 lakh litres per day. The Union
operates 5 Dairy plants and 2 Milk Chilling Centers. It has a Milk Products
Dairy too. The network of Bulk Milk Coolers is in fast expansion. Currently a
BMC capacity of 2 lakh litres is in place with 75 BMCs installed in the
villages. The products comprise Market milk (4 lakh litres per day), curd (40,
000 Kg /Day), Ghee (150 MT per month), Ice-cream (1500 Litres per day), Peda (10
MT per month), Butter milk, Milk Lollies, Sterilized flavored milk
etc.
Malabar Regional Co-operative Milk
Producers’ Union (MRCMPU) Limited is a Union of more than 1000 village level
dairy co-operative societies located in the six northern districts of Kerala
State in South India and it is owned by the dairy farmers who are members of
each affiliated society and who live in the area of operation of these
societies. The societies function on the pattern of the societies affiliated to
the world famous Anand Milk Union Ltd. (AMUL) at Anand (Gujarat), India and
hence are also known as Anand Pattern Co-op Societies or “APCOS”. The area of
operation of MRCMPU Ltd. comprises of the six revenue districts of North Kerala,
viz Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Palakkad. The Union
sells its products under the Milma brand, a common brand for the Kerala
Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which has two more Milk Unions under it
at Ernakulam (Kochi) and Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum).
MILMA FOR
FARMERS
The
following programmes are carried out at the farmer level to enhance quantity and
quality of milk production
1)Artificial insemination
2)Feed and fodder program
3)
Total mixed ration programme
4)Heifer development
programme
5)
Malabar rural development foundation
6)Decentralized veterinary
units
7)Procurement of milk by societies or
union
9)Women cattle care program
10)Co-operative development
program
11)
Awards and scholarships
MILMA FOR CONSUMERS
a)
Marketing
department
1)Marketing of fresh
products
2)Marketing of long life
products
b) Implementation of quality management
system
1)ISO
9001:2008
2)HACCP( hazard analysis and critical
control point)
3)ISO 22000:2005
AWARDS AND
RECOGNITIONS
1)Won the Kerala state award for safety in
2010
2)Got the certificate of approval from the export
inspection counsel of India
3)Won the pollution control award of the pollution
control board of Kerala in 2009-2010
4)Won the Kerala state award for best marketing
management
ENERGY CONSERVATION
POLICIES IN THE DAIRY
Some of the
widely used technologies for possible energy savings in the dairy plant are as
follows:
·
Solar Water
Heating System: For process heating & wash water
·
Tri-generation
system / VAM: For generation of electricity, steam and
refrigeration
·
Waste heat
Recovery: By installation of De-super heater for Refrigeration
Plant
·
Installing
hot water fan coil unit in incubation rooms in place of electrical heaters
·
Installing
Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) for on ID & FD fans of Spray dryers &
Boilers
·
DG Set
performance optimization
·
Optimization
of compressed air generation and utilization
·
Use of energy
efficient pumps
·
Improvement in
Regeneration efficiency of Pasteurizers
·
Introduction
of two temperature levels for different usage
etc