Tine (company)

TINE SA

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Type	Cooperative
Industry	Dairy
Founded	1928
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Norway Global
Key people	Hanne Refsholt (CEO)
Products	Jarlsberg cheese Milk Snøfrisk Ski-Queen Diplom-Is
Revenue	NOK 20,4 billion (2013)
Net income	948 mill.
Number of employees	5,600 (2013)
Website	www.Tine.no

TINE SA (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈtiːnə]) is the largest Norwegian dairy product cooperative consisting of around 15,000 farmers and 5,600 employees. As of 2013, it has a revenue of 20.4 billion Norwegian kroner (NOK).($3.41bn, £2.04bn, €2.50bn) The parent company, TINE SA, is a cooperative society owned by its suppliers, the milk producers who deliver milk to the company. The corporation domestically offers the entire spectrum of dairy products. Tine's internationally known products are Jarlsberg cheese, Snøfrisk goat cheese, Ridder cheese, and Ski-Queen (geitost). Tine is one of twelve agricultural cooperatives in Norway.

History

Dairy cooperatives in Norway go back to 1856, with the first nationwide dairy co-op Den Norske Meieriforening (the Norwegian Dairy Association) being founded in 1881. The company dates back to 1928 when "Norske Meieriers Eksportlag" (Norwegian Dairies' Export Company) was started. It changed its name to "Norske Meieriers Salgssentral" (Norwegian Dairies' Sales) in 1942 and to "Norske Meierier" (Norwegian Dairies) in 1984. The Tine name has been used as an easily identifiable brand name since 1992 for the company's dairy products. In 2008, Tine was ranked the world's #1 cooperative by size by the International Cooperative Alliance.

The "tine" is a traditional Norwegian wooden container, not unlike the Shaker-style pantry box, which could be used to keep butter and cheese fresh.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries which are partly or fully owned by Tine:

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External links

• Official site