2008 headquarters amersfoort netherlands key people roelof joosten ceo member of the executive board products dairy revenue 11.4 billion 2013 number of employees approx . 22 000 website frieslandcampina.com frieslandcampina is a dutch dairy cooperative . it is the result of a merger between royal friesland foods and campina in december 2008 . main brands include friesche vlag chocomel fristi dutch lady appelsientje milner campina landliebe optimel mona and mix it . frieslandcampina is the world s largest dairy co operative and one of the top 5 dairy companies in the world with annual revenue of 11.4 billion euro . frieslandcampina has offices in 28 countries and employs a total of 21 186 people . frieslandcampina s products find their way to more than 100 countries . frieslandcampina organises its activities into four business groups consumer products europe consumer products international cheese & butter and ingredients . the product range consists of consumer milk milk in powder and concentrated form dairy drinks yoghurts desserts cream coffee creamers baby and infant food cheese butter and ingredients . contents 1 history 2 longevity brand s a tr ng th 3 brandnames 4 acquisitions campina 5 references 6 external links history edit royal frieslandcampina is organized as a cooperative with roots going back to 1879 . it has grown through mergers and takeovers . in late 1997 four dutch dairy cooperatives merged to form friesland coberco dairy food . in june 2004 queen beatrix of the netherlands granted fcdf the royal status . fcdf renamed itself royal friesland foods . campina was created in 1989 by the merger of two regional dairy cooperatives melkunie holland and dmv campina . after this merger the company was named campina melkunie until it dropped the melkunie part of the name in 2001 . in 2004 campina and arla foods a danish dairy cooperative announced plans for a merger 1 however this plan was disbanded in april 2005 for undisclosed reasons 2 although plans for other forms of cooperation are still said to be considered . on 19 december 2007 campina and friesland foods announced that the companies were exploring the possibility of a merger . the eu approved the merger of the two cooperatives provided that they sold off certain cheese and dairy drink divisions . 3 longevity brand s a tr ng th edit in vietnam the u.s. and canada the company is well known for its canned condensed milk product s a ng th longevity brand condensed milk popularly used in vietnamese iced coffee with milk c ph s a drinks and in various other vietnamese desserts . s a ng th was mass produced in the saigon bi n h a area and widely consumed in the republic of vietnam produced by friesland foods prior 1975 . it was used in coffee mixed with hot water to produce hot milk for babies and young children to drink since fresh milk had to be imported and were thus expensive dipped with french bread b nh m or in other dessert applications . after the 1975 fall of saigon the factories manufacturing s a ng th along with all other commercial and private properties were collectivized by the communists and the facilities came under the state company vinamilk who continued to produce s a ng th condensed milk under the same name and used domestically and elsewhere in indochina . friesland foods continued production of s a ng th longevity brand after 1975 in the u.s. and canada for the north american market especially catering to overseas vietnamese consumers and increasingly to western consumers as the popularity of vietnamese coffee and cuisine in general increases . in north america longevity brand s a ng th is widely available in asian supermarkets and increasingly in conventional supermarkets . brandnames edit in greece the company is known through the noynoy brand . 4 in nigeria the company is known through the peak milk brand . other brands include yazoo milkshakes . brands with health benefit claims campina optimel netherlands campina optiwell germany campina vifit germany and netherlands campina fruttis russia campina betagen thailand joint venture with thai advanced food 5 acquisitions campina edit comelco nv in belgium 1989 deltown specialities in united states 1989 menken consumptiemelk activiteiten netherlands 1997 menken dairy food netherlands 1997 menken polderland netherlands 1997 parmalat thailand thailand 2003 napolact romania 2004 inovatech argentina argentina 2005 alaska milk corporation philippines 2012 6 engro foods limited pakistan 2016 friso philippines 2016 in germany now campina gmbh s dmilch ag 1993 kutel 1998 emzett 1999 strothmann wikimedia commons has media related to frieslandcampina . references edit http www.foodanddrinkeurope.com news news ng.asp n 56676 campina arla to http www.foodanddrinkeurope.com news ng.asp n59564 arla campina disband http dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 2008 12 17 eu approves campina friesland foods merger accessed 9 february 2009 http www.frieslandcampina.com english about us brands noynoy.aspx cmfocus 07 39 30 august 2007 dairy multinational frieslandcampina to purchase controlling stake in the philippines alaska milk corporation external links edit friso milk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frieslandcampina & oldid 744093681 categories companies established in 2008cooperatives in the netherlandsdairy products companies of the netherlandsdutch brandsfood and drink companies of the netherlandshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2013commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page 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