PROLIANT

Proliant New Zealand Health & Biologicals.

Proliant is part of the Proliant group of companies, leading manufacturers of protein ingredients for food, health, nutrition and biologicals. Founded in 1981, Proliant along with American Protein Corporation, BHJ Corporation and Boyer Valley Corporation are privately held companies of the Lauridsen Group Inc.

With well over US$1 billion in sales, 7 operating companies and 65 manufacturing locations worldwide, The Lauridsen Group serves human, veterinary and industrial applications with high quality, natural source proteins.  Proliant Biologicals manufactures and markets high purity plasma fractions, as well as animal extract for microbiological research. The company markets products into the diagnostic, veterinary, biopharmaceutical, nutraceutical and life science research industries.

Proliant won the Business Innovator 2021 for large business category for supplying the protein fraction (BSA) from NZ bovine blood that is necessary for the COVID-19 nasal swab testing tubes viral transport media.  They secured multiple government contracts including the USA, supplied enough BSA for 1 Billion test tubes worldwide, increased production 4 fold and doubled staff numbers. Proliant also supplies the serums for vaccine manufacture for animal health during the re-building of pig breeding in China after African swine fever decimated their pig numbers.

33 Kawakawa Road, Feilding

Ph: 06 280 4150

www.proliantbiologicals.com/manufacturing/new-zealand-facility