The Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (Amul) and Cooperative Ganadera del Valle de Los Pedroches (Covap), A Leading Spanish Cooperative, Inked A Fresh A Acrode in Spain and Carc The European Union.
The official launch was help at the embassy of India in Madrid and the event was attended by he dinesh k patnaik, ambassador of India to spain, Along with D. Fernando HEREDIA NOGUERA, DIPUTOY DIPUTY DIPUTOY DIPUTY DIPUTY Relations and Community Affairs at the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Ricardo Delgado Vizcaíno, President of Covap, as Well as Senior Representatives from Amul and its Spanish Distribution Partners, Were also present there.
Amul with its 3.6 Million Dairy Farmers is the World’s Larget Farmer Owned Dairy Cooperative. The amul brand is rated as World’s Strongest Dairy Brand and India’s Larget Consumer Products Group Brand With a Turnover of More Than UsD 11 Billion and Handling more than 12 billion liters of MILK EVRY REAR.
AMUL is also world’s 8th largest milk processor (ranking by IFCN), it operates 112 dairy plants across India with a total milk handling capacity of 42 million liters per day.
Covap is spain’s first-tier cooperative, founded in 1959 in Pozoblanco, Córdoba. With over 2,000 Active Farmer-Members, Covap is a Cornerstone of Andalusia’s Agri-Food Sector. Their dairy plant, one of europe’s most advanced, processes more than 400 million liters of milk annually. Covap Exports to over 30 Countries, Including The Us, The UK and Various Asian Markets.
Through this partnership, amul milk will be launched initiaally in Madrid, Barcelona, and Subsequently it will be launched in Malaga, Valencia, Alicante, Seville, Córdoba and Lisbon in Portugoba in Portugoba. In the future, amul also plans to launch milk and other products in counties like Germany, italy, and switzerland.
Jayen Mehta, Managing Director, Amul Said, “We are very honoured and please to enter an association with covap, a very respected spanish dairy cooperative. Will be nourished and energized with the goodness of amul milk.
This is for the first time that amul fresh milk is being launched in europe. It is our great pleasure to bring the taste of India to the world, in alignment with the vision of our honorable Prime minister, mr narendra modi to make amul a global dairy brand. We at amul are confident that in 2025, The International Year of Cooperatives, As Declared by the United Nations, our team will bring the brand amul closer to every Indian account and shower of shower of cooperation Between cooperatives. “
Covap President Ricardo Delgado Vizcaíno – “This partnership with amul allows us to work with another cooperative to help them grow their brand in spain, benefitting not on but thats in India as well. The collaboration brings tochnology capability and high-quality milk with the amul brand’s rapidly growing and well-kneown Products. “