Dairy Industry Association
| Milchindustrie-Verband e. V. | |
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| legal form | Registered association |
| Seat | Berlin |
| founding |
1912
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| Board | Chairman: Peter Stahl Deputy Chairman: Hans Holtorf, Jakob Ramm |
| executive Director | Eckhard Heuser ( HGF ) Attorney Dr. Jörg W. Rieke Dr. Gisela Runge |
| Members | around 80 |
| Website | www.milchindustrie.de |
The Milchindustrie-Verband e. V. (MIV) represents the interests of around 80 companies in the dairy industry , including dairies , milk processing companies and companies in the supplier industry. The MIV operates both as a business and employers' association. Its members generate annual sales of around EUR 20 billion .
The dairy and cheese industry is the largest in the German food industry, followed by the meat and confectionery industry . Depending on which product groups are combined or which statistical material is used, the order of the three industries can vary.
The member dairies are both cooperatively organized dairies and privately owned dairies.
The association has its headquarters in Berlin , an office in Brussels and a representative office in Beijing .
activity
The association supports its members with technical questions. Via the affiliated Export-Union für Milchprodukte e. V. members are looked after in the export business .
There are discussion groups on the various products and their special features ( product groups on cheese / processed cheese, milk / fresh milk products, butter / spreads, long-life milk products). Other working groups deal with overarching questions on social policy, the environment, logistics, law, research, export, product safety / quality, procurement, PR , milk quota.
In the Scientific Advisory Board scientists from different disciplines represented (natural sciences, economics, law). The advisory board exchanges ideas with the association and its members on current issues.
At the MIV ideas exchange for research , innovations are sought and awarded in order to improve dairy technology, production and products.
The MIV compiles statistical evaluations of the supply and demand for milk products and cheese in cooperation with the Zentrale Milchmarkt Reporting GmbH on the basis of figures from the BMEL , the Federal Statistical Office and the butter and cheese exchanges.
The association is represented in committees at food fairs and participates in the work of the Codex Alimentarius .
Memberships / cooperations
- Export Union for Dairy Products
- Federal Association of the Private Dairy Industry (BPM)
- Association of the Bavarian Private Dairy Industry (VBPM)
- Protection Association for Milk and Milk Products (SMM)
- Association of the German Dairy Industry (VDM)
- Community of the regional dairy industry associations (GML)
- Eucolait , the European milk trade association
- European Dairy Association (EDA) , the European dairy industry association
- International Dairy Federation (IDF) , the International Dairy Federation
- FoodDrinkEurope , the European umbrella organization for the food industry
- Food Association Germany
- German farmers' association
- German Raiffeisen Association (DRV)
- Central milk market reporting GmbH
- Federal Association of Dairy Products (BUMO)
- Central Association of German Dairy Farmers (ZDM)
- Central Association of the German Advertising Industry (ZAW)
- Global Dairy Platform (GDP)
Publications (selection)
- Milk and more - the German dairy industry at a glance. In: Facts. Information for journalists. Supplement to the journalist trade journal , December 2011 edition, ISSN 0022-5576 , pp. 1–15 ( brief information and download from publicnews.de).
- Who and what. Dairy industry 2012. Companies, facts, executives. 15th edition. Behr's Verlag , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89947-802-0 ( CD-ROM without export function including business directory ).
Web links
- Information on the dairy industry association on the association's website www.milchindustrie.de