Packaging

FrieslandCampina Becomes Royal FrieslandCampina

Monday 05. January 2009 - After Merger Between Friesland Foods and Campina

The new dairy company FrieslandCampina has been awarded the title ‘Royal’ (‘Koninklijk’). The company was informed of the award in a letter from Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and its official name will now be Koninklijke FrieslandCampina N.V.

“We are very delighted by Her Majesty’s announcement that we have been awarded the title ‘Royal’. We are very proud of the fact that, although our activities are global, our roots are in the Netherlands and go back to the end of the nineteenth century”, said Cees ‘t Hart, CEO of Royal FrieslandCampina.