German milk office

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Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding July 1, 2010
Seat Zeven , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
  • Ingo Müller
  • Dr. Frank Claassen
Number of employees 7700
sales 5.8 billion euros
Branch Dairies
Website www.dmk.de
Status: February 3, 2020

Coesfeld location (aerial photo, 2014)

The Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK) is one of Germany's largest dairy company . It was created through the merger of the two cooperatively organized North German companies Humana Milchunion and Nordmilch , which were already the largest German milk processors.

history

On February 3, 2011, the agricultural representatives of Nordmilch eG approved the merger of Nordmilch AG and Humana Milchindustrie GmbH to form DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH with 98.5%. The comrades of Humana eG and the producers' cooperative Bad Bibra, as co-owners of Humana Milchindustrie GmbH, had already approved the merger of their operational subsidiary into the largest German milk processor. The merger took place retrospectively as of July 1, 2010. Joint business operations commenced on May 1, 2011. According to press reports, around 6.7 billion kilos of milk, produced by over 11,000 farmers, were being processed in the companies combined under DMK at the time of the merger. The two companies had already planned a merger in 2004, but it failed. Nevertheless, they worked closely together, including by pooling sales in Nordkontor-Milch GmbH in 2009.

On March 10, 2012, it was announced that the cooperative shareholders with around 11,000 members were also to be merged. On June 20, 2012, the representatives of Nordmilch eG and Humana Milchunion eG voted for the merger with 100% and 98.2%, respectively. In May 2012, around 92 percent of the representatives of the Bad Bibra eG dairy cooperative were in favor of a merger.

In November 2012 the company acquired a majority stake in the North Rhine-Westphalian company Rosen Eiskrem , which is to be merged with DMK Eis GmbH in the medium term . This made DMK the largest ice cream producer in Germany. The Federal Cartel Office approved the takeover of Rosen Eiskrem GmbH in Waldfeucht and Rosen Eiskrem Süd GmbH, based in Nuremberg, on March 27, 2013.

In 2013 the company was honored by the DLG with the “European Dairy Award 2013” ​​for entrepreneurial performance at the International Green Week Berlin .

In March 2016, the European Commission granted unconditional approval to take over the second largest Dutch cheese producer DOC Kaas by way of a merger. DOC Kaas becomes a full subsidiary, but operates independently and retains its cooperative structure.

In response to reduced milk volumes, the DMK Group announced in June 2017 that the plants in Rimbeck and Bad Bibra should no longer be operated. At the Nordhackstedt site in Schleswig-Holstein, the packaging of cold cuts is also to be discontinued. The reason given is the termination of milk producers up to 1.7 billion kilograms of milk in the next two years.

The Deutsche Milchkontor has significantly increased the proportion of GMO-free milk. In the case of GMO-free milk, it is excluded that the milk comes from cows that receive such feed.

On February 28, 2020, the Deutsche Milchkontor announced the return of the Bremerland brand .

owner

The owners of DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH are:

  • Deutsches Milchkontor eG (92.22%)
  • Milchwerke Thüringen GmbH (7.78%)

Subsidiaries

DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH, Zeven, (100%)

  • DMK Versicherungskontor GmbH, Bremen (100%)
  • DMK Baby GmbH, Bremen (100%)
  • Milchhof Magdeburg GmbH (100%)
  • DP Supply GmbH (100%)
  • wheyco GmbH (100%)
  • Humana GmbH (100%)
  • sanotact GmbH (100%)
  • sunval Nahrungsmittel GmbH (100%)
  • Euro Cheese Vertriebs-GmbH

DMK Eis GmbH, Everswinkel, (100%)

Business areas

The DMK is active in the following business areas, among others:

  • cheese
  • Dairy products
  • Ingredients
  • Baby food and dietetics
  • Ice cream
  • Contract Manufacturing
  • Health products
  • Special feed

Locations

The Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH has 20 locations in Germany, two in the Netherlands and one in the Oblast Voronezh (Russia).

In the case of production sites, the health mark is placed after the site name .

Brands

The following brands belong to DMK:

  • Bremerland
  • Milram (main brand)
  • Milram Food Service
  • Osterland
  • Oldenburg
  • Oldenburg professional
  • Uniekaas
  • Humana
  • Alete
  • intact
  • sanotact

criticism

Milk producers criticize the fact that the company's new market power with over 6,000 milk producers and 8 billion kg of milk per year means that there are hardly any marketing alternatives for them.

See also

Web links

Commons : Deutsches Milchkontor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DMK GROUP at a glance ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2015 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. , accessed on August 7, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dmk.de
  2. ↑ http://www.presseportal.de/pm/59769/1759871/weg-frei-fuer-fusion-humana-und-nordmilch-schliessen-sich-zu-deutschlands-groesstem
  3. ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/fusion-nordmilch-humana-deutsches-milchkontor-startet-am-1-mai/4116840.html
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dmk.de
  5. ↑ DMK: Now comes the full merger. In: topagrar.com. March 10, 2012, accessed March 10, 2012 .
  6. ↑ http://www.topagrar.com/news/Rind-News-DMK-Genossenschaften-fusionieren-865748.html
  7. ↑ Archive link. FAZ , March 4, 2016, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 .;
  8. ↑ DMK GROUP wants to position itself leaner. In: PM of the DMK Group , June 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ Dairy group DMK relies on GMO-free milk. In: sueddeutsche.de. January 6, 2018, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  10. ↑ WESER-KURIER: The traditional Bremerland brand is returning
  11. ↑ Bremerland
  12. ↑ Group structure of the Deutsches Milchkontor eG Group ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2015 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. , accessed on August 14, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dmk.de
  13. ↑ Business areas. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
  14. ↑ locations. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
  15. ↑ https://www.govvrn.ru/novost/-/~/id/4115020
  16. ↑ Our brands. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
  17. ↑ sales. (No longer available online.) In: topagrar.com. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 4, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.topagrar.com  

Coordinates: 53 ° 16 ′ 46.4 "  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 22.8"  E