Mengniu Dairy
Chinese company
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Limited by Share Ltd. (Chinese: 蒙牛; lit. 'Mongolian Cow') is a Chinese manufacturing and distribution company of dairy products and ice cream. The company is headquartered in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and manufactures dairy products under the Mengniu brand.
Mengniu's main competitor in China is the Yili Group.
COFCO Corporation is Mengniu's largest strategic shareholder.
Products
Mengniu's products include liquid milk products, such as ultra heat treated (UHT) milk, yogurt and milk beverages, ice cream and other dairy products, such as powdered milk and milk tablets. During the year that ended on 31 December 2015, the company operated 33 production bases with an aggregate annual production capacity of 8.68 million tons. China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited's operates in three segments: the liquid milk products segment, which manufactures and distributes processed UHT milk, milk beverages and yogurt; the ice cream products segment, which manufactures and distributes ice cream products, and the other dairy products segment, which manufactures and distributes processed milk powder and milk tablets products.
History
The owner and co-founder of Mengniu is Niu Gensheng, a former vice president of Yili, another Inner Mongolian dairy giant which is now Mengniu's largest competitor.
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