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Barry Callebaut strengthens commitment to transparency with 100% certified or verified cocoa and ingredients target by 2030

(IN BRIEF) Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading chocolate and cocoa products manufacturer, has announced a set of refined sustainability targets for its Forever Chocolate plan. The company aims to make sustainable chocolate the norm, with targets to achieve by 2030 … Read the full press release

Danone Partners with Environmental Defense Fund to Reduce Methane Emissions in Dairy Industry

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 17-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Danone (EPA: BN), a world leading food company and a component of the CAC 40 stock market index, has announced an ambitious plan to reduce its methane emissions by 30% by 2030¹ in a … Read the full press release

Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. plans to divest its Landliebe brand and three German production facilities to Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, a German producer of dairy products

(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 16-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., a Dutch multinational dairy cooperative, has announced its intention to divest its Landliebe brand and three German production facilities, among others, and collectively part of the company’s German consumer business, … Read the full press release

Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. prévoit de céder sa marque Landliebe et trois sites de production allemands à Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, un producteur allemand de produits laitiers

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) AMERSFOORT, 16-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., une coopérative laitière multinationale néerlandaise, a annoncé son intention de céder sa marque Landliebe et trois sites de production allemands, entre autres, et faisant collectivement partie de l’activité grand … Read the full press release

Valio to start transporting milk to the Seinäjoki dairy by using truck that runs on liquefied biogas

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 18-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Valio, a Finnish innovative dairy and food company, has announced it will start transporting milk to the Seinäjoki dairy in a new truck that runs on liquefied biogas (LBG) as of at the … Read the full press release

FrieslandCampina increases recycled content of its PET bottles to 100%

(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, 7-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina announces that it will be making PET bottles from 100% recycled PET (rPET) as from February 2021. Due to the fact that PET bottle can only be … Read the full press release

Arla Foods appoints Simon Stevens to lead International Zone

(PRESS RELEASE) VIBY J, 30-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia, Arla Foods amba announces that Simon Stevens, Senior Vice President (SVP) of Arla’s MENA region will succeed Tim Ørting Jørgensen, Executive Vice President (EVP) of … Read the full press release

World’s first AI app aimed at monitoring animal welfare launches in Finland

(PRESS RELEASE) VIBY J, Denmark, 23-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Dairy company, Arla Finland launches Arla Iris, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology application that gives latest information on animal welfare to its consumers in Finland. Arla Iris gathers data on cleanliness, … Read the full press release

DSM acquires specialty dairy solutions provider CSK

(PRESS RELEASE) HEERLEN, Netherlands, 18-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal DSM to acquire specialty dairy solutions provider Koninklijke CSK Food Enrichment C.V. (“CSK”) for a cash consideration of about €150 million. Subject to customary conditions, the transaction is expected to close … Read the full press release

EBRD provides US$ 7 million loan to Obour Land’s new greenfield dairy farm in Egypt

EBRD US$ 7 million for Obour Land’s new greenfield dairy farm Investment to increase dairy production and exports Implementation of latest technology for dairy milking operations LONDON, 20-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Fostering the Egyptian dairy sector, the EBRD is providing a US$ 7 … Read the full press release

KfW IPEX-Bank finances Norwegian dairy cooperative TINE SA’s new plant in Ireland

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 10-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the construction of a new plant in Ireland for the Norwegian dairy cooperative TINE SA. The new production plant is to be built in cooperation with the Irish company … Read the full press release

Valio aims for a carbon-neutral milk chain

HELSINKI, 01-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The record warm summer sparked a discussion about climate change and the future of food production in Finland and Europe. The environmental impacts of meat and milk production are at the core of the discussion because … Read the full press release

Valio’s principal scientist Päivi Myllärinen awarded by the Finnish Parliament for her pioneering research and development of dairy technology

Päivi Myllärinen, Valio’s principal scientist and Doctor of Food Sciences, has received a significant innovation award for women from the Finnish Parliament. Myllärinen received the award for her pioneering research and development of dairy technology. By combining nature’s own biological … Read the full press release

FrieslandCampina to propose to its members the introduction of a certified Top Dairy line with extra focus on animals, nature, and climate

Introducing a Top Dairy line with extra focus on animals, nature, and climate; well-balanced milk supply based on market-driven growth Amersfoort, the NETHERLANDS, 19-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (16 April 2018), FrieslandCampina has announced that it will accelerate and further expedite … Read the full press release

Nordic’s largest brand study on sustainability ranked Valio as the most sustainable brand in Finland

HELSINKI, 17-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Consumers rank Valio as the most sustainable brand in Finland. The dairy and food company received the recognition for the fifth consecutive year in the Nordic’s largest brand study on sustainability. Issues of particular importance to … Read the full press release

Valio presents its new lactose free product portfolio and Valio PROfeel® protein snacks at Alimentaria

HELSINKI, 17-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Valio has over 110 years of experience in dairy innovations and is a true pioneer in lactose free products. Today, Valio is bringing selected products from its globally largest lactose free –sin lactosa–  portfolio to the Spanish … Read the full press release

Arla Foods to sell its cheese production site in Sonthofen, Germany to dairy company Allgäuer Hof-Milch GmbH

Viby J, Denmark, 30-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — European dairy co-operative Arla Foods plans to sell its cheese production site in Sonthofen, Germany to German-based dairy company Allgäuer Hof-Milch GmbH. Both companies have signed a letter of intent and aim to finalize … Read the full press release

NIB to loan EUR 42 million to Tine SA for the construction of its new dairy in Bergen, Norway

NIB and the Norwegian dairy company Tine SA have signed a loan agreement of NOK 400 million (EUR 42 million), with a 12-year maturity, on financing the construction of Tine’s new dairy in Bergen, Norway. In order to save energy, waste … Read the full press release

Societe Generale: Fromageries Bel extends the maturity of its € 520 million multi-currency revolving credit facility

PARIS, 11-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On December 21, 2017, Fromageries Bel signed an addendum to extend the maturity of its € 520 million multi-currency revolving credit facility and, on that occasion, chose to include environmental and social impact criteria. The maturity … Read the full press release

Arla Foods UK announced its new one billion litre fresh milk processing facility at Arla Foods Aylesbury Dairy is nearing completion

With Arla’s one billion litre fresh milk processing facility at the Arla Foods Aylesbury Dairy nearing completion, Arla Foods UK plan to close the dairy and distribution facility at Ashby-de-la-Zouch and transfer volume to the new dairy in Aylesbury. 13-8-2013 … Read the full press release

Arla Foods developed new 40-foot containers based mobile milk powder packaging facility for Africa

13-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Arla Foods has developed a new mobile milk powder packaging facility out of three 40-foot containers. This makes it more flexible to test new markets for milk powder in Africa. Soon the mobile facility is send from … Read the full press release

COFCO, Mengniu, Danone form joint-venture to Accelerate the Development of Fresh Dairy Products in China

Paris, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — COFCO, the State-owned largest food company in China, has signed an agreement with Danone, pursuant to which the two parties will form a joint-venture. COFCO has agreed to sell 148,014,022 shares in China Mengniu (a Hong-Kong … Read the full press release

EBRD, FAO and Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food join forces to support Ukrainian dairy sector

Specialised forum to support sector policy dialogue, promote investment  1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food are … Read the full press release