French dairy coop Sodiaal in talks to buy China's Synutra plant

RENNES, France (Reuters) - French dairy cooperative Sodiaal said on Wednesday it was in talks to purchase part of an infant milk formula plant in northwest France from Chinese maker Synutra.Sodiaal, the world's fifth largest milk cooperative, became the leading supplier to Synutra after it signed an agreement in 2012 to provide the baby formula factory in Carhaix with 288 million litres of milk a year.Sodiaal's launched its deliveries to the plant in 2016 but a year ago reduced the volume..