Frieslandcampina To Sell Romania Operations To Bonafarm Group

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Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina has agreed to waste its operations successful Romania to Bonafarm Group. 

Financial position were not disclosed.

The woody includes FrieslandCampina’s liking successful nan entity successful Romania that owns nan Napolact brand. Just Food asked for further details.

It besides covers 2 accumulation sites successful Cluj-Napoca and Târgu Mureș arsenic good arsenic astir 400 employees. 

In a statement, nan proprietor of Campina, Friesche Vlag, and Dutch Lady brands said nan woody aligns pinch its strategy to attraction connected “core markets, precocious value-added maturation segments” and “synergies crossed nan company”. 

FrieslandCampina said it wants to ore connected markets wherever beverage from its personnel dairy farmers tin beryllium “optimally valorised”.  

Despite holding a starring position successful nan section dairy market, nan Romanian operations connection “limited synergy” pinch FrieslandCampina’s Europe portfolio, nan dairy group said.  

Bonafarm Group is expected to supply “capable” guidance for nan Romanian business, it added.   

According to Dustin Woodward, president of FrieslandCampina’s operations successful Europe, nan determination was “not taken lightly”.

He added: “This measurement enables america to amended align nan European portfolio pinch our strategy to maximise nan worth of FrieslandCampina personnel milk, allowing america to attraction our resources much effectively.”

The transaction is taxable to regulatory approvals, including clearance from nan Romanian Competition Authorities, and is anticipated to adjacent by nan extremity of December. 

Attila Csányi, nan CEO of Bonafarm Group, said location is simply a “great opportunity to build nan institution and nan Napolact marque together successful nan future”, pinch plans to “invest successful nan accrued capacity of nan facilities”.  

Last week, FrieslandCampina warned nan dairy giant’s profits are expected to travel nether unit successful nan backmost half of nan twelvemonth owed to outer factors.

Despite a 6.4% summation successful gross to €6.8bn ($7.9bn) and a 25.7% emergence successful nett profit to €230m successful nan first half of 2025, nan institution noted respective “headwinds”. 

“Consumer assurance is debased worldwide, which will effect volumes. Currency developments are expected to person a antagonistic effect, and commodity dairy markets are becoming little favourable. These factors will lead to a little profitability,” FrieslandCampina said successful a statement.  

In December, FrieslandCampina signed a model agreement for a merger pinch its Belgian adjacent Milcobel. 

The projected business operation would consequence successful pro-forma revenues exceeding €14bn, pinch operations successful 30 countries, employing almost 22,000 staff, and processing astir 10 cardinal kg of milk.