FrieslandCampina grows strongly despite European weakness

FrieslandCampina has reported strong overall growth in the first six months of the year despite a disappointing performance in Europe.

FrieslandCampina extends new quality assurance system

FrieslandCampina has rolled out its new quality assurance system to its production sites and is working on extending the system to cover the environment and safety at work.

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FrieslandCampina moves away from commodities

Multinational dairy company FrieslandCampina has revealed its strategy for the coming decade in which it plans to expand globally and shift its focus to three specialised product categories.

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FrieslandCampina to do all R&D in Wageningen

FrieslandCampina is planning to pool its research and development activities in the Netherlands around one central hub.

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FrieslandCampina plans further expansion in Vietnam

FrieslandCampina is investing €8.8m to expand production capacity in Vietnam following three consecutive years of double-digit annual sales growth.

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FrieslandCampina launches traceability system for organic dairy range

FrieslandCampina has introduced a traceability system for an organic dairy brand in the Netherlands to enable customers to track their purchases back to the farmyard.

FrieslandCampina reports milk price rally

FrieslandCampina has announced the biggest monthly increase in the guaranteed price for the milk supplied to its farmers so far this year.

FrieslandCampina pledges to reduce dependence on dairy basics

FrieslandCampina is seeking to become less dependent on milk powder, casein, and basic cheese after these categories contributed to a double-digit drop in revenue for 2009.

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FrieslandCampina CEO unveils 2020 dairy vision

The head of FrieslandCampina has unveiled a vision of the dairy industry in 2020 in which sustainability is no longer an issue and dairy ingredients have spread into cosmetics and clothing.

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FrieslandCampina develops responsible marketing standard

FrieslandCampina has brought in a new corporate standard for responsible marketing practices, with a view to helping children develop healthy eating habits and doing its bit to curb obesity.

FrieslandCampina plans 942 job losses in production shake-up

Dutch dairy co-operative FrieslandCampina has announced six site closures and 942 fresh job losses a year after its formation.

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FrieslandCampina fulfills last merger condition with Bleskensgraaf sale

All the conditions set by the European Commission for the merger of Friesland Foods and Campina have been approved.

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FrieslandCampina denies delay in selling cheese business

Newly merged FrieslandCampina has denied reports that the sale of its cheese business in Bleskensgraaf will be handed over to the European Commission in order to meet the disposal deadline.

Lower selling prices hit FrieslandCampina’s ingredients business

The newly merged dairy co-op Royal FrieslandCampina has reported a sharp decline in the profitability of its ingredients business, as selling prices plummet.

Arla completes FrieslandCampina buy

Arla Foods says it will immediately begin integrating the fresh dairy operations of FrieslandCampina into its own operations after obtaining regulatory approval from Dutch and European authorities.

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FrieslandCampina awarded royal title

The new dairy firm formed out of the merger of Friesland and Campina is to be known as Royal FrieslandCampina, following an official award of the title by Queen Beatrix...

FrieslandCampina may be operational by end 2008

Members of Friesland Foods and Campina have voted in favour of the proposed merger, marking a major step forward in bringing the two dairy cooperatives and companies together.