Former Prime Minister John Key has cut the ribbon to a new $50 million upgrade at the NIG Nutritionals milk powder plant in Paerata.

The former prime minister, shareholders and clients, were all given a tour with of the new 'state of the art' facility on Tuesday which will deliver product to four major partners in China, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. The plant will also deliver in smaller volumes to India, Sri Lanka, Africa, the Middle East and some New Zealand companies.

New Image Group, the parent company of NIG Nutritionals made a push into the dairy goat infant formula i…

New Image™ Group, one of the world's the fastest growing direct sales companies,has leapt 19 places in a year to Number 52 on the sector's Global Top 100 list.

"There is a lot of misinformation spread about colostrum, but research quickly reveals thousands of academic papers showing the beneficial effect of colostrum on human health"

It is a remarkable feat for a company started 35 years ago by former sheep shearer Graeme Clegg in a country with still less than five million people.

The New Zealand headquartered health and beauty products manufacturer reported revenues…