Parmalat is one of the world's leading producers of long life milk. Thanks to the UHT (high temperature sterilization) process this milk retains all its flavoursome and nourishing characteristics for long period of time.
Parmalat is a leading Italian food producer. Their products include juices, farinaceous and confectionery foods, yoghurts, haute-cuisine desserts and vitamin-enriched fruit drinks.
The company's name was created with two Italian words: "Parma", the ecologically clean region of Italy where the company was founded, and "latte", the Italian word for milk.
The company was founded in 1961 by Mr. Calisto Tanzi. In less than thirty years it has been transformed from a provincial producer into an international corporation.
Parmalat's production facilities are spread across five continents, including key sites in the USA, Canada and Australia, its home country Italy and other major European sites, a South American presence in Columbia, Nicaragua and Venezuela as well as the African base in South Africa and other countries.
Parmalat is responsible for more than thirty different brands. The most famous names in the company include Parmalat, Santal, Pomito and GRISBI. Parmalat’s position as an international brand name is confirmed by the fact that over sixty percent of the company’s turnover happens outside Italy. Seventy percent of the company’s products are world leaders in their product range on the market and in 2006 the annual turnover amounted to four billion euros.
In addition to producing world-class food products, Parmalat S.p.A. owns the football club "Parma" and the "Club Vacanze" tourist agency.
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