MTL is a joint venture company established by Teagasc with shareholders from the Irish Dairy Industry to provide commercial pilot plant and research services for food industry customers and a key constituent of Teagasc Food Research Centre Moorepark in the process of knowledge and technology transfer.

MTL offers extensive pilot plant facilities to national and overseas companies involved in the food & beverage industry. The process expertise and the extensive range of pilot equipment will be used to scale up post harvesting technologies allowing technology transfer to commercial industry.