The dairy co-op has six processing plants near three major ports. From there, CDI exports milk powders and butter to markets in Asia and elsewhere.

On the international scene: Fonterra’s profits rise in 2015; Arla forms two joint ventures in Africa; and a Global dairy group publishes sustainability report.

California Dairies Inc., Visalia, Calif., is the 2015 recipient of the Tom Camerlo Exporter of the Year award from Dairy Foods. The annual award, now in its 10th year, is given with the cooperation of the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

Group Danone, Paris, said its first-half sales increased 4.6%, led by increases in the company’s water, early life nutrition and medical nutrition business lines. Zhongding to build massive Sino-Russian dairy project in Heilongjiang, China.
 

Mintel says China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest ice cream market.

Arla Foods and Juhayna in a joint venture in Egypt. Grupo Lala opens a milk plant in Nicaragua.

The Irish Dairy Board changed its name to Ornua, The Home of Irish Dairy. 

Mexico's Grupo Lala said sales increased 7% to $3.2 billion. The dairy processor attributed the growth mainly to a higher value-added product mix, to non-organic growth as a result of new products and brands in the portfolio, to volume growth and to the company´s price increase strategy.

At this year’s China Dairy Symposium, the discussion was about how the Chinese dairy market can satisfy the increasing demand for milk, which will continue to outpace domestic supply. 

Over the past two decades the annual amount of milk collected has increased from 6.6 million liters to 80 million liters, sourced from around 16,000 farmers. The factory produces Nestlé branded products such as Nido, Nescafé, Cerelac and Maggi.