Berglandmilch
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| legal form | eGen |
| founding | 1994 |
| Seat | Wels , Upper Austria |
| management |
Josef Braunshofer , Herbert Altendorfer |
| Number of employees | 1,500 (as of 2012) |
| sales | 853 million euros (2012) |
| Branch | Milk processing |
| Website | www.berglandmilch.at |
Berglandmilch is Austria's largest milk processing and distribution company. It has the legal form of a registered cooperative society with limited liability (eGen). The company headquarters are in Wels (Upper Austria), the central administration in Aschbach (Lower Austria). Berglandmilch is one of the largest food producers in Austria and, together with the Bavarian subsidiary Rottaler Milchwerk eG, one of the top-selling dairies in Central Europe.
history
Establishment phase and consolidation
The company in its current form was founded in 1994 and in 1995 took over the milk activities and the associated trademarks of the AMF Group . The AMF was founded in 1990 through the merger of six large dairies with 1,800 employees, with the Schärdinger Dairy Association holding 47.68% and Agrosserta 25.07% of the shares. These six companies with then 27 production sites in the federal states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Burgenland were: (Production sites that were retained after the failure of the AMF are marked with *)
- Schärdinger Landmolkerei ( Schärding , Ried im Innkreis , Taufkirchen an der Pram , Münzkirchen , Geinberg *, Peuerbach , Feldkirchen *)
- Linzer dairy (Milchhof Linz , Bad Leonfelden , Pregarten )
- Dairy Union Alpine Foreland ( Steyr-Garsten *, Baumgartenberg , Königswiesen )
- Rural Milk Union of Carinthia ( Klagenfurt *, Wolfsberg , St. Veit an der Glan , Völkermarkt )
- Dairy in the Mostviertel ( Aschbach *, Erlauf )
- Desserta milk processing ( Graz , Feldbach , Fürstenfeld , Güssing , Hartberg , Leoben , Voitsberg *, Weiz )
After the founding of the AMF, the brands of the six founding companies were marketed centrally and numerous restructuring and rationalization measures were carried out. The brands Desserta and Schärdinger were established in the high-priced market segment. In 1993 the rapidly growing AMF Group achieved a turnover of 27.5 billion schillings, but in 1994 the balance sheet showed liabilities of 8 billion schillings. In the same year, the Schärdinger Alpenmilch registered limited liability cooperative was set up with its headquarters in Schärding; at the first general assembly in 1995, the name was changed to Berglandmilch registered limited liability cooperative and the company headquarters moved to Linz. From March 1995 to August 1995, the operations of the following cooperatives / GmbHs were incorporated into Berglandmilch :
- Schärdinger country dairy (FN 110929 g)
- Linzer dairy (FN 44016 f)
- Milchunion Alpenvorland (FN 121070 w)
- BMU Bäuerliche Milchunion Kärnten (FN 74337 w)
- Dairy in the Mostviertel (FN 77915 g)
- Milk processing Desserta Graz (FN 49547 p)
- Cheese cooperative Loibichl and the surrounding area (FN 93521 g)
In September 1995, the newly founded Berglandmilch took over the milk activities and the associated trademark rights from AMF and started production at the turn of the year 1995/1996. The following years were marked by a tight restructuring and modernization program. Of the originally 27 locations of the dairies participating in the AMF, 20 were closed or merged in the following years, which resulted in the loss of numerous jobs.
Expansion of the company since 1999
In 1999 the Rottaler Milchwerk became part of Berglandmilch. This made Berglandmilch the largest dairy group in Central Europe. In return, the Rottaler Milchwerk cooperative received 4.93% of the Berglandmilch cooperative. In 2001 the head office was relocated to Pasching, and in 2003 also the official company headquarters. In 2005, 1,300 farmers from the Horn dairy cooperative and the Waldviertel dairy cooperative merged with the Mostviertel dairy and thus became part of Berglandmilch.
From 2006 to 2012, Berglandmilch carried out vertical price agreements with retail chains in Austria. In 2013, the company was sentenced to a fine of 1,125,000 euros for this. The Chamber of Labor criticized the cartel fine as much too low, as the damage it caused to consumers was significantly higher.
In 2009 the Upper Austrian Landfrisch dairy was taken over. As a result, the company grew back to over 1,000 employees, achieved sales of around 700 million euros and maintained its position as Austria's largest dairy company. In the course of this takeover , the company headquarters was relocated from Pasching to Wels , the previous company headquarters of Landfrisch.
In 2010 Tirol Milch , at that time the fourth largest dairy in Austria, was incorporated into Berglandmilch. The contribution was approved in February 2011, after a review by the federal competition authority, subject to conditions.
In 2011 the Styrian dairy Stainzer Milch joined Berglandmilch. The merger was approved by the Austrian federal competition authority on September 10, 2011, subject to conditions. The Stainzer Milch, Steirische Molkerei eGen did not participate directly in the Berglandmilch, but joined the milk processing "Desserta" registered cooperative mbH , a founder cooperative of Berglandmilch. From now on, the joint cooperative operates under the name Steirermilch Molkerei eGen .
structure
owner
Berglandmilch eGen is owned by eight cooperatives and one GmbH from Austria and Germany. These in turn are owned by farmers from their region.
| owner | since | Commercial register / commercial register number | state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schärdinger country dairy | 1995 | FN 110929 g | Upper Austria |
| Milk Union Alpine Foreland | 1995 | FN 121070 w | Upper Austria |
| Linz dairy | 1995 | FN 44016 f | Upper Austria |
| Steirermilch dairy | 1995 | FN 49547 p | Styria |
| Dairy in the Mostviertel | 1995 | FN 77915 g | Upper Austria |
| BMU Rural Milk Union Carinthia | 1995 | FN 74337 w | Carinthia |
| Rottaler Milchwerk | 1999 | GNR404 | Bavaria |
| Landfrisch dairy | 2009 | FN 95064 a | Upper Austria |
| Tyrol milk | 2011 | FN 40957 g | Tyrol |
Raiffeisen
Berglandmilch is a member of the Upper Austria Raiffeisen Association and, through it, of the Austrian Raiffeisen Association . Due to the cooperative law, cooperatives are obliged to be members of an auditing association. Their owners, with the exception of the BMU Bäuerliche Milchunion Kärnten and the Rottaler Milchwerk, are organized as cooperatives according to the Raiffeisen system and are therefore also mandatory members of the Raiffeisen auditing association in their respective federal state. There is no corporate law link to other Raiffeisen cooperatives or the Raiffeisen banking group.
production
Berglandmilch's production sites are located in:
| state | place | Approval number ( health mark ) |
Approval number "new" | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Austria | catfish | MO-72 | AT 40157 EG | Country cream cheese, Rollino |
| Rohrbach | MO-57 | AT 40133 EG | Specialty cheese factory for quargel | |
| Feldkirchen | MO-13 | AT 40151 EG | Bergbaron, Gouda, Traungold, Baronesse, Mozzarella, yoghurt cheese and Goudette | |
| Cooked | MO-18 | AT 40125 EG | Secret council cheese, butter cheese, Edam balls | |
| Geinberg | MO-20 | AT 40153 EG | Packing company for small pieces of cheese | |
| Tyrol | Worgl | MT-032 | AT 70149 EG | Tirol Milch products |
| Lienz | MT-025 | AT 70138 EG | Soft cheese | |
| Carinthia | Klagenfurt | MK-1 | AT 20141 EG | Formil-UHT milk, Berghof products, Schärdinger dreams, kefir |
| Styria | Voitsberg | M-ST-10 | AT 60149 EG | Moosbacher, Dachsteiner, Mondseer, Jerome, Raclette, St. Patron |
| Stainz | AT 60223 EG | Stainzer whole milk, mountain milk, sour milk, whipped cream | ||
| Lower Austria | Aschbach | MN-1 | AT 30751 EG | Boyar, butter, curd cheese, primina, jogurella, drinking milk, latella |
The plant in Aschbach is the largest dairy in Austria.
Production (UHT milk) in Karpfham (Rottaler Milchwerke, approval number "new": DE BY 263 EG) was discontinued in 2015.
Subsidiaries and holdings
Austria
- ALPI Milchverarbeitungs- und Handels GmbH & Co. KG (74%)
- Processes alpine milk into semi-finished products for industrial and commercial food production. Was founded by Berglandmilch in 1996 and took over AMF activities. In 1997, Meggle AG took on 26%. According to the company, it fulfills a “buffer function in the event of milk delivery peaks”.
- ALPI Milchverarbeitungs- und Handels GmbH (74%)
- Holding company for ALPI Milchverarbeitungs- und Handels GmbH & Co. KG .
- BHG Betriebsmittel Handels GmbH & Co.KG. (100%)
- Trading company for operating materials and stainless steel products for the food industry. The company takes care of group purchasing for Berglandmilch centrally. Locations in Geinberg and Aschbach (purchasing). Field sales also in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The company was founded in 1996 and the activities were taken over by AMF / Lactoprot in 1995/96. The forerunners were again the central purchasing departments of Schärdinger, Agrosserta, Alpi, Pikano and ÖMOLK. Former locations in Vienna and Voitsberg were closed.
- BHG Betriebsmittel Handels GmbH (100%)
- Holding company for BHG Betriebsmittel Handels GmbH & Co.KG.
- ALPEX dairy products trading company mbH (100%)
- Exports cheese and other Berglandmilch dairy products.
- Carinthian Legro grocery wholesale Ges.mbH (100%)
- Grocery wholesaling in Carinthia with locations in Klagenfurt, St. Veit and Velden. The GmbH was founded in 1994. The company itself dates back to 1975 when a forerunner of the Lower Carinthian dairy reg. Gene. Founded. Retail branches were also operated until 2007.
- Berglandmilch KÄSE Eck GmbH (100%)
- Cheese wholesale. Until 2011, the company was called Alpenvorland Milch GmbH.
- Pikano Produktions- und Handels GmbH (100%)
- OEHEG Organization of Dairy Products Exporters Austria GmbH (15.13%)
- Tirol Milch Wörgl GmbH (100%),
- formerly Lattella GmbH, should ensure that Tirol Milch has its own brand identity . The operational facilities it uses are owned by Berglandmilch.
foreign countries
- Schärdinger Dairy Products Vertriebs GmbH (100%)
- Based in Rotthalmünster, Bavaria
- Support organization Rottaler Milchwerk eG GmbH (100%)
- Frulika sro Kaplice, Czech Republic (75%)
- Schaerdinger Hungária Kft. Budapest, Hungary (100%)
- Berglandmilch doo Ljubljana, Slovenia (100%)
- Schärdinger Italia Srl Brixen, Italy (100%)
- AS BLM Eesti Polva, Estonia (98%)
Key figures
In 2008 the company had a total of 882 employees (1032 including Landfrisch dairy). The group-wide annual turnover this year amounted to 607.3 million euros (691.7 million euros including Landfrisch dairy). Approx. 861 million kilograms of milk were processed by around 11,000 suppliers who were co-owners of the cooperative. About 37.2% of the products are exported.
| year | Sales (in EUR million) | processed milk (in million kg) | Employee | owner |
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| 2008 | 691.7 | 861 | 1032 | 11000 |
| 2009 | 610 | 940 | about 1000 | 13000 |
| 2010 | 770 | 1150 | 1350 | 16000 |
| 2011 | 832 | 1210 | 1400 | approx. 15000 |
| 2012 | 853 | 1270 | about 1500 | |
| 2013 | 900 | 1247 | 1600 | |
| 2014 | 905 | 1281 | 1590 | |
| 2016 | 830 | 1200 | 1500 | 11400 |
| 2017 | 910 | 1320 | 1500 | 11000 |
Brands
Berglandmilch produces various individual product brands under the largest Austrian food brand Schärdinger, such as Bergbaron , Sommerbutter and Traungold as well as under the product line brands Schaerdinger Die Schlanke Linie low- fat dairy products and under Schaerdinger Conscious Living innovative products with taste and effect. The brands Desserta and Jogurella are also part of the company, as are various retail brands - Berglandmilch fills milk for both Ja! Natur and Spar Natur * pure milk. The wide range of products includes around 350 different items from the fresh milk products, long -life milk , cheese , butter , yoghurt and curd cheese sectors . Since the transfer of Tirol Milch to the group, it has also managed the Tirol Milch and Lattella brands .
Tyrol milk
Lattella
Jogurella
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The story of Schärdinger ( memento from December 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on October 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d The history of Berglandmilch, accessed October 11, 2012.
- ↑ AMF Austria milk and meat marketing reg. Gene. mb H. on www.aeiou.at, accessed August 20, 2012
- ↑ AMF puts horror balance ( memento of May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in: Wirtschaftsblatt (August 31, 1996), accessed August 20, 2012
- ↑ historical excerpt from the commercial register FN 116533 y
- ↑ historical excerpt from the commercial register FN 116533 y
- ↑ historical excerpt from the commercial register FN 116533 y
- ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/unternehmen/1002699/index ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/unternehmen/956113/index ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/unternehmen/960637/index ( Memento from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/unternehmen/931675/index ( Memento from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ historical excerpt from the commercial register FN 116533 y
- ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/unternehmen/797155/print.do ( Memento from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Over a million fine for Berglandmilch , article on ORF.at from February 1, 2013, accessed on February 1, 2013.
- ↑ Cartel punishment against Berglandmilch is too low for the Chamber of Labor , article in Wiener Zeitung of February 2, 2013, accessed on February 3, 2013
- ↑ Green light for Upper Austria. Dairy marriage. In: oesterreich.orf.at. May 8, 2009, accessed November 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Upper Austria. Dairy marriage becomes official. In: oesterreich.orf.at. September 4, 2009, accessed November 8, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/oesterreich/branchen/fusion-berglandmilchtirol-milch-mit-auflage-genehmigt-457807/index.do ( Memento from February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
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- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Merger announcement in the Wiener Zeitung, accessed on December 30, 2013.
- ^ Dairy cooperatives , website of the Upper Austrian Raiffeisen Association, accessed on October 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b http://www.bauernzeitung.at/?id=2500%2C50617%2C%2C
- ↑ http://www.statistik.at/ovis/pdf/IX29.pdf
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- ↑ http://www.berglandmilch.at/ueber-uns/?id=30 accessed on December 31, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Wir über uns , Alpi website, accessed on October 11, 2017.
- ↑ http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/unternehmen/1004293/index ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
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- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.handelszeitung.at/milch-ehe-tirol-milch-und-berglandmilch-107255.html
- ↑ http://www.landwirt.com/Berglandmilch-2009-weniger-Umsatz-%E2%80%93-Exportgeschaeft-boomt,,8239,,Bericht.html
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