If you continue to use the website, you agree to the use of cookies.Learn more Agreed Press release - August 14, 2019 Milchwerke Schwaben relies on investments The expansion is continuing at the Schwaighofen location. The quantities of milk delivered by farmers are increasing. The cooperative's board of directors focuses on independence. This is underpinned by the cooperative of regional dairy farmers with a significant investment package over several years worth 23 million euros, also with the addition of subsidies. It's about visible projects on the Neu-Ulm factory premises in Schwaighofen: such as a packaging warehouse for fresh products and milk powder as well as a new cheese warehouse - both in the shell. In addition, Schwabenmilch has expanded the dairy from 30,000 to 40,000 tons per year and has therefore installed a second packaging line. For the one-kilo yoghurts that are familiar from most supermarkets, the company has installed a second, significantly larger filling machine with six instead of the previous two lanes. There is also a second dessert system for rice pudding and semolina. Decisive: the milk money The technical investments on the board of directors are managed by Jakob Ramm, who will not give up the project until completion: he has extended his contract by two years to 67. From his point of view, the investments - especially the new cheese dairy opened in 2013 - made the dairy more robust in the difficult milk market: "We have gotten better." Mainly because of falling butter prices, however, the price paid to the around 900 suppliers was recently reduced by two to 34 cents per kilogram. In 2017, the desired mark of 40 cents was even reached. Ram, The dairy factories generate the majority of their sales with their Donautaler cheese, which can not only be found on the refrigerated shelves with a new packaging design, but is also processed in pizzerias. That was 90 of around 227 million euros in sales. After that, fresh products such as kilo yoghurt and rice pudding rank 65 million, butter 40 million and milk powder, which is not least used in Ritter Sport chocolate. The dairy works had already sold fresh milk in 1998 because the quantities sold in this way were too small from Ramm's point of view. Even so, the dairy has grown considerably in recent years and made a real leap after the Allgäuland crisis in 2012. While the milk delivery in 2010 was 293 million kilograms, Ramm expects 410 million kilos for the current year. The average of German dairies with their own delivery is around 300 million kilograms of milk a year. The Schwaben milk works are now even in the upper quarter and in the vicinity of even larger companies. Now that the main structural adjustment has been carried out, Ramm is certain: "We want to remain independent." About Milchwerke Schwaben eG: Milchwerke Schwaben is a medium-sized dairy cooperative and is owned by around 1,600 farmers. The company with around 180 employees generated sales of EUR 233.3 million in 2017. The products are sold under the well-known brand names Weideglück and Weideglück Bio. Milchwerke Schwaben is Germany's leading manufacturer of dairy products in 1,000 g cups. In addition to natural and fruit yoghurt, the product portfolio is supplemented by desserts, cheese and butter. You can find more information at www.weideglueck.de PRODUCTS Natural yoghurt fruit yoghurt dessert butter cheese Bio CURRENT Recipes Alina deer ABOUT US Companies Job offers CAREER Experienced professionals & beginners education internship SERVICE Contact B2B login Milk producer login © 2021, Weideglück, Milchwerke Schwaben eG | Data protection notice | imprint Products Current Companies Career Press Contact