Royal FrieslandCampina provides people around the world with all the good things milk has to offer. FrieslandCampina produces baby and infant food, milk-based drinks, cheese, milk, yoghurts, desserts, butter, cream, milk powder, dairy-based ingredients and fruit-based drinks - products that play an important role in people’s nutrition and well-being. Together with our member dairy farmers, we are milk experts who are continually expanding our knowledge of the applications of milk. Such knowledge extends from the quality of the pasture land on which the cows graze to the marketing of tasty cheeses, healthy milk-based drinks and the best possible ingredients for the food and pharmaceutical industries and all steps in between. We deliver healthy food, every day. food, every day...
Our company
Royal FrieslandCampina is a multinational dairy company wholly owned by the dairy co-operative Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina, which has 15,300 member dairy farms in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Our products are for sale in more than 100 countries. Key regions are Europe, Asia and Africa. Ingredients are sold all over the world. In 2009, sales amounted to 8.2 billion euros. The company employs 20,000 people in 24 countries.
Our ambition
We aim to help people move forward in life with natural dairy nutrition. For our owners, our members farmers, we want to generate profit and valorise their milk.
In our strategy route2020 we focus with our investments and innovations on a selected number of value drivers. Given the developments we are seeing in society as a whole, as well as among consumers and our clients, our innovation is targeted at good, healthy food and nutritional benefits. In the case of our professional and industrial clients we are concentrating on the functional qualities of our ingredients so that our customers, in turn, can improve both the quality and taste of their products.
We are fascinated by the power and potential of milk.
By nature, milk is one of the richest sources of food. WOur dairy products provide not only a unique taste sensation, but also proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and lactose - building materials and fuels that are important to the health and well-being of people. We firmly believe that there is much more to discover about both milk itself and the value we can create from milk. We are passionate about unlocking that power and getting more out of milk. In doing so, we intend to become the world’s most professional, successful and attractive global dairy company.
We have more than 130 years of commitment to sustainable dairy.
Our 15,300 member farmers and 20,000 employees demonstrate their expertise at every step of the dairy chain. We strive for ever higher levels of excellence, displaying innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship in all that we do. We serve our customers and consumers well to provide good financial returns for our owners, the farmers. At the same time we maintain a balance between nature, people and our business.
As a co-operative, we are a team and can depend on one another.
Our people work in a spirit of togetherness and partner willingly with others. We are a global company with a strong local focus, working closely with the people and communities where we operate. We create value for our member farmers, and take ownership of our actions, building a culture of trust, integrity and inspiration.
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We aim to help people move forward in life with natural dairy nutrition. For our owners, our members farmers, we want to generate profit and valorise their milk.
In our strategy route2020 we focus with our investments and innovations on a selected number of value drivers. In developing and expanding our activities, we are primarily concentrating on growth, profitability and milk valorisation (adding value to milk).
We have chosen to underline worldwide growth in dairy based beverages, branded cheeses and infant & toddler nutrition ingredients by selling our branded products in more European, Asian and African countries.
With our products for the hotel and catering industry, bakeries and the professional food service industries in Europe, we are aiming to achieve growth by offering a wider range of dairy products and by increasing its geographical presence.
We want to generate worldwide growth in the products we supply to the food industry by developing specific ingredients in liaison with clients. This will mean a shift from sales of commodities such as milk powder and whey powder towards sales of more specialised products.
Further expanding our strong positions, both in consumer products and ingredients, is an important element of route2020.
Innovation and enhancing the natural qualities of milk are essential if we are to develop our focus on achieving value growth. Milk is one of the most nutritious sources of food in the world. We firmly believe that we can do even more with milk and use even more of the nutrients it contains.
We aim at achieving climate-neutral growth in the entire dairy chain. We will go beyond the agreements between the Dutch dairy sector and the national government on reducing greenhouse gas volumes by 30 per cent between 1990 and 2020. We have also set ourselves the objective of achieving growth that is climate-neutral throughout the entire chain, from cow to consumer. FrieslandCampina is seeking to achieve this aim by working with dairy farmers and partners in the chain to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage dairy farms to generate energy from sustainable sources.
We are keen to respond more actively to opportunities for collaboration throughout the dairy chain both in respect of products and sustainability. The member farmers supply their milk on a daily basis and, via the co-operative structure, are the owners of FrieslandCampina. Our co-operative chain enables us to differentiate ourselves with our products as well as sustainability.
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Some facts and figures about our company (2009)
- EUR 8.2 billion annual turnover (2009)
- 30+ well known brands
- 20,000 employees in 100 production and sales locations in 24 countries
- 10.8 billion kilograms of milk processed
- 15,000 member dairy farms, supplying 8.7 billion kilograms of milk annually
- Number 1 dairy co-operative in the world
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