Parmalat Australia chief executive Craig Garvin says the French-owned dairy giant will keep hunting for quality acquisitions after its $120 million acquisition of Western Australia’s biggest dairy exporter, Harvey Fresh .

Harvey Fresh processes 130 million litres of milk a year – roughly a third of WA’s milk – and produces 100 million litres of fruit juice at its facilities in Harvey, WA and Griffith, NSW. It has about 300 employees but Mr Garvin said no jobs would be lost.