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Nordmilch awards SIG Combibloc the title of “best supplier” June 2005. Top grades for SIG Combibloc: NORDMILCH named the systems manufacturer of aseptic beverage cartons and filling machines as best supplier and best strategic partner in 2004. NORDMILCH evaluated the performance of a total of 50 suppliers with regard to product quality and services provided. The highest score - 99 of 100 points - was achieved by SIG Combibloc. SIG Combibloc and NORDMILCH have cooperated for 26 years now. The product range of the company comprises cut cheeses, ice cream, butter, milk concentrates and milk powder just as well as special fodder and fresh dairy products, long-life products, condensed milk and coffee cream. NORDMILCH focuses above all on the establishment of strong brands. In Europe, the MILRAM umbrella brand is expanded through innovations. On an international level, activities focus on establishing the OLDENBURGER brand in export markets. NORDMILCH uses the packaging systems of SIG Combibloc as part of its strategy of developing high-quality products with a high profile in the market while at the same time striving for cost leadership. The first three combibloc filling machines were set up in Schwanewede in 1979. First, long-life milk was filled here in the combiblocStandard and combiblocCompact formats. Today, NORDMILCH also uses the aseptic carton packages from SIG Combibloc for brands like MILRAM and OLDENBURGER as well as for retailers’ own brands. Currently, six filling machines are operated to fill condensed milk, long-life cream and milk beverages into combibloc cartons. This year, NORDMILCH awarded the title of “best supplier” for the first time. In addition to the best supplier with regard to the strategic partnership, the most innovative supplier was given a prize too. With regard to the best strategic partnership, NORDMILCH evaluated issues such as product quality, quality management, reliability and flexibility as well as the entire range of account management and services and cooperation in joint optimisation projects. Hero Schulte, board member of NORDMILCH eG, is especially pleased with the flexibility and reliability of his long-standing supplier: “In addition to production safety, one of the strong pillars of our cooperation with SIG Combibloc is the flexibility of the company - not only with regard to the filling machine systems, but also to our company and our staff.” The NORDMILCH group, employing 3,000 people, emerged in 1999 from a merger of five companies and now comprises just under 10,000 members, including 15 dairies. Download Media Release 050630 Your contact: Heike Thevis – Press Officer SIG Combibloc GmbH Rurstrasse 58, D-52441 Linnich, Germany Tel: +49 2462 79 2608 Fax: +49 2462 79 17 2608 E-mail: heike.thevis@sig.biz SIG Combibloc is one of the world's leading system suppliers of aseptic beverage cartons and filling machines. Employing approx. 4,060 people, the company recorded sales of EUR 1,075 million in 2004. SIG Combibloc is a division of SIG Holding AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall. ;)
Ferdinand Rogge (right), head of central purchasing/CPO at NORDMILCH eG, handed over the „Best Supplier in 2004“ award to the representative of SIG Combibloc, Key Account Manager Peter Grümmer. News overview >> |
