Murray Goulburn Co-operative

Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited (Devondale Murray Goulburn) is an agricultural cooperative formed in 1950 from 14 dairy farms that has grown to become the largest processor of milk in Australia and the nation’s largest exporter of processed food .

Profile

With nine manufacturing plants located throughout Victoria and Tasmania, Murray Goulburn processes over 35% of the nation’s milk supply (3.3 billion litres) into products which are sold on both domestic and export markets. Devondale Murray Goulburn's international business accounts for approximately 9% of world dairy trade and they trade in over 100 countries.

It has over 2500 suppliers (mainly milk farmers) who are also the shareholders of the company. Devondale Murray Goulburn also supports over 2000 employees with an annual turnover of A$2.4 billion.

Devondale Murray Goulburn is the largest container user in the Port of Melbourne exporting in excess of 375,000 MT or 23,500 containers in a financial year.

All Devondale Murray Goulburn's processing plants are accredited to ISO 9001:2000 manufacturing facilities and are certified to the NSF HACCP – 9000 standard for HACCP and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices). Compliance with finished products specifications is independently verified using Dairy Technical Services, the Australian Dairy Industry Reference Laboratory located in Melbourne.

Devondale Murray Goulburn made a bid to take over Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings in early 2010 and again in October 2013.^[1][2]

Business Units and Brands

• Devondale (consumer brand of milk and cheese)
• Liddells - Lactose free dairy products
• Corporate brands division (Supplier to Consumer Brands)
• MG Nutritionals (research Division)
• MG Ingredients (Supplier of whey, milk powder, concentrate, casein)
• MG Qingdao Dairy
• MG Trading
• Ascend - Proven Sports Proteins (Consumer brand for scientifically proven proteins)

References

External links

• Official website