Kiwi co-op’s only dairy factory on the continent turns out a range of value-added dairy products at its facility outside Amsterdam.
Just outside Amsterdam a Fonterra sign is emblazoned on the exterior wall of what looks like a typical food processing plant.
Heerenveen, a 50:50 joint venture business with Dutch cheese manufacturer A-Ware, was built in 2014 and is the New Zealand dairy co-operative’s only European dairy factory.
A-Ware has the connections with suppliers and sources and transports the milk, but the liquid whey that is surplus to its cheese process is pumped through a wall to the Fonterra side of the factory.
The partnership also produces UHT cream, which is sold in markets including in China and southeast Asia.
Fonterra also has a regional office in Amsterdam, staffed by 67 people.
More: Wallace is visiting seven countries in six weeks to report on market sentiment, a trip made possible with grants from Fonterra, Silver Fern Farms, Alliance, Beef + Lamb NZ, NZ Meat Industry Association and Rabobank. Read more about his findings here.
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