2013
Memorandum of Understanding
In 2013 the Memorandum of Understanding between Royal A-ware and Fonterra was signed. This meant the new factory in Heerenveen would be built.
Built in 2014, our state-of-the-art factory in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, is the engine of our Europe business. Over the past year they've gone from strength to strength when it comes to continuous improvement, not only investing in sustainability solutions but also bringing back value to our Co-op.
Heerenveen is one of the biggest whey factories at Fonterra, operating 24/7, 365 days a year. Producing lactose and protein powder every day - enabling us to supply high-quality ingredients to customers all across Europe and globally.
The journey of Heerenveen
The Heerenveen factory is currently operating at its full potential and is focusing on optimizing the Heerenveen whey stream.
Partnership with Royal A-ware
Royal A-ware is a Dutch family-owned dairy company that is rapidly growing through investments and greenfield builds. Sourcing milk from the north of the Netherlands and having various cheese manufacturing sites in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland.
Our partnership with A-ware ensures we can source whey and cream to transform it into high-value ingredients. In addition to that we also produce our UHT cream products at A-ware, using European cream.