Got milk? Algeria offers opportunities for Irish dairy firms
When the definitive book on Irish entrepreneurship is written a chapter will be dedicated to Alastair McGuckian. He may even be on the cover. Together with brother Paddy, he founded farming systems company Masstock in the 1970s and, in partnership with the Saudi Royal family, helped develop a modern dairy industry there. That business, Almarai, went on to become the largest vertically integrated dairy company in the world.
Could such a venture happen again? If a meeting last week of Irish dairy industry suppliers and Algerian business leaders is any indication, it just might.
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