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13/04/2011 - 12:34

Since being appointed by the Italian government to the helm of Parmalat in late 2003, in the wake of a huge financial scandal, Enrico Bondi has been working steadily to navigate the company out of the crisis, while maintaining production and preserving employment.

Fonterra and Nestlé call off dairy merger in Chile

07/04/2011 - 15:16

The highly controversial proposed merger between Fonterra’s Chilean subsidiary Soprole and Nestlé Chile has been abandoned. The application to merge Soprole and Nestlé Chile’s dairy business and create a joint venture under the DPA banner has been withdrawn by both companies.

Spain: UGT and CC.OO campaign together for their members’ rights at bankrupt food company

18/03/2011 - 18:08

Under the motto: "In defense of employment and workplaces at Nueva Rumasa" more than 3,000 workers marched in Madrid on 12 March in a demonstration called jointly by the UGT and CC.OO. agro-food federations.

Union at Schreibers in India obtains permanent jobs for contract workers

04/03/2011 - 18:19

The IUF-affiliated Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Employees Union, which represents 350 members, launched a campaign in early 2010 to rectify the systematic inequality and discrimination faced by contract workers.

Arla Foods expands through merger in Germany and closes a factory in Denmark

03/03/2011 - 18:13

Hansa-Milch and Arla Foods to merge

The members of the two cooperatives approved the proposed merger on March 2nd.

World dairy prices up in January 2011

15/02/2011 - 00:00

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) rose for the seventh consecutive month in January 2011, up 3.4 percent from December 2010 and the highest (in both real and nominal terms) since the index has been backtracked in 1990. Prices of all the commodity groups monitored registered strong gains in January compared to December, except for meat, which remained unchanged.

Humana and Nordmilch merge to form Germany's largest dairy company

05/02/2011 - 00:00

The representatives of Humana Milchindustrie and Nordmilch cast a clear vote in favour of merger in early February. With this decision, the two cooperatives have created Germany's largest dairy company.

Report on the IDF World Dairy Summit, November 2010

18/12/2010 - 00:00

The International Dairy Federation, IDF, held its annual World Dairy Summit in Auckland (New Zealand), 8-11 November 2010.

Dairy in Transition / Molkereien im Umbruch

08/12/2010 - 19:11

The German Internet portal for the rural sector, Topagrar, in an article entitled, “Dairy in Transition” has reported on the German Farmers Association’s annual trends and statistics report for the dairy sector.

Nestlé is the uncontested global leader with dairy sales of EUR 18.6 billion in 2009, followed by the two French companies, Danone and Lactalis.

PepsiCo acquires major Russian dairy and juice producer

06/12/2010 - 17:31

December 2, PepsiCo announced another major acquisition in Russia – namely, dairy and juice producer Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD).

PepsiCo is acquiring a 66% stake for 3,8 billion USD, subject to regulatory approval, and announced plans to buy the remaining stocks in the future, This follows the acquisition in 2008 of Lebedyansky, another major juice producer in the country.

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