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

05-02-2011

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.

The new company – called Deutsches Milch Kontor GmbH (DMK) - is expected to begin operations in early April.

The two dairy cooperatives are already Germany's largest milk processors. After the merger, the combined company will have a combined total of 11,100 active milk farmers processing 6.7 billion kilograms of milk, 24 locations and 5,500 employees. With sales of EUR 4.8 billion (based on 2008 figures) DMK will take its place in the top ten of the European dairy industry.

Source: joint press release [1]

The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations; the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; hotels, restaurants and catering services; all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is composed of 394 affiliated organizations in 126 countries representing a combined membership of around 2,6 million.

How to contact the IUF:
Email: iuf@iuf.org
Post: Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 8, CH-1213, Petit-Lancy (Switzerland)
Phone: + 41 22 793 22 33
Fax: + 41 22 793 22 38

Links:
[1] http://www.nordmilch.de/nm/web/de/presse/pressemeldungen/news_2402.html