UK organic dairy cooperative OMSCO has announced a new alliance agreement with leading European dedicated organic dairy cooperative, Eko Holland. The move follows an earlier successful partnership with Organic Valley in the US.
“The combined volume of organic milk within this alliance will be nearly 400 million litres in Europe, and taking into account our existing US alliance, this increases to a total of 1.4 billion litres globally,” said OMSCO chairman Nicholas Saphir.
“The alliance will broaden our portfolio of products and increase our scale of operations. This will improve our ability to balance efficiently, enhance our flexibility to meet customer needs and provide more milk and processing in Europe.”
OMSCO, which has ambitions to earn 30% of its revenues from exports, says the new partnership with Eko Holland is critical.
“Having nurtured our relationship with Organic Valley, in only three years we’ve been able to generate significant opportunities both ways across the Atlantic, and we’ve not only benefited financially but also through shared expertise. We believe firmly that we will replicate this success with Eko Holland,” adds Nicholas.
With OMSCO now having a foot-hold in EU, US, East Asia and UK markets, Saphir is confident about the future. “Cooperation and collaboration is key to future proofing businesses, as well as choosing partners with shared values and visions. We’re excited about the future and taking advantage of global market opportunities.
“Having a motivated and fairly rewarded membership will also be critical to our future success. Increasing our milk supplies is a priority as we continue to decouple organic milk from the conventional milk price by developing added value markets outside of the UK and Europe.”