an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message ornua car advertising kerrygold butter in denver type a co operative enterprise industry food retail predecessor butter marketing committee founded 1961 1961 founder government of ireland headquarters grattan house mount street dublin ireland area served asia europe middle east north america africa australasia revenue 2.3 billion 2014 1 operating income 30.2 million 2014 2 number of employees 3 300 website www.ornua.com ornua 3 previously known as the irish dairy board is an irish agri food co operative which markets and sells dairy products on behalf of its members ; irish dairy processors and irish dairy farmers . the co operative is ireland s largest exporter of irish dairy products and owns the kerrygold butter brand 4 as well as kerrygold irish cream liqueur . in conjunction to the kerrygold brand its brand portfolio consists of pilgrims choice dubliner shannongold and beo milk powder . on 31 march 2015 ornua transformed its corporate identity from the irish dairy board to ornua the home of irish dairy to express its proud dairy heritage whilst embodying a clear vision for the future . contents 1 history 2 today 3 awards 4 references history edit the irish dairy board board was established by an act of the oireachtas the dairy produce marketing act 1961 5 and replaced the earlier butter marketing committee . it was created to centralize the overseas marketing of irish dairy products to achieve economies of scale and greater brand recognition . at the time of the board s creation the european economic community s market was closed to irish butter and the united kingdom market limited irish imports by an import quota . the name kerrygold was selected to evoke farming naturalness goodness and above all quality milk as well as a sense of irishness . 6 in october 1962 the board successfully test launched the kerrygold brand in the winterhill area of north west england . when ireland joined the eec in 1973 the board began expanding its presence to continental europe beginning with the north rhine westphalia state of germany . by 1982 kerrygold had national distribution in germany . today edit currently ornua operates from 19 subsidiaries worldwide with pre packing and blending facilities located in germany the uk the usa and the middle east . a 36m state of the art kerrygold butter production and packing plant is under construction in mitchelstown co cork . awards edit the irish dairy board was awarded exporter of the year by the irish exporters in 2010 . 7 references edit company profile ornua . retrieved 2011 05 22 . http ornua.annualreport14.com img ornua annual report 2014.pdf company profile ornua . retrieved 2015 10 20 . ornua kerrygold.com . retrieved 2011 05 22 . dairy produce marketing act 1961 . irishstatutebook.ie . 2011 . retrieved 18 december 2012 . the creation of the kerrygold brand kerrygold.com . retrieved 2011 05 22 . idb by numbers news & features farming independent.ie . independent.ie . 2012 . retrieved 18 december 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ornua & oldid 708691784 categories marketing boardsagricultural marketing cooperativesagriculture in the republic of irelanddairy products companies of irelanddairy organizationshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2016all articles with a promotional tone 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 print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 7 march 2016 at 01 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view