Greek-held Olympus, French-held Danone and Romanian-heldAlbalact are the owners of the top three milk processing facilitiesin Romania. They account for around 25% of the overall capacity ofthe 100 or so facilities operating on the Romanian market.
The ranking put together based on production capacity of thefacilities is somewhat different from the ranking by turnover ofcompanies operating in the dairy industry.
The Greek at Olympus have the biggest processing facility,according to data sent by the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, with the company's turnover amounting to around 12.4million euros in 2009, while Danone posted over 100 million eurosin turnover in the same year with a lower processing capacity.
"The capacity of processing facilities also varies depending onthe products made there. For instance, to produce various types ofcheese, one uses more milk than if the facility specialises inyoghurts. In turn, the type of product made in the facility has animpact on revenues because we are talking about different saleprices," explain representatives of Danone Romania, the biggestplayer in the dairy industry, referring to results reported in2009.
The list of the top 20 milk processing facilities also includesFriesland (SCIL Mureş), Hochland Romania, Dorna Lactate andTnuva.
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