Merger in Salzburg

The three owner cooperatives of SalzburgMilch have merged to form the Salzburger Alpenmilch Genossenschaft eGen.

After the private co-owner left the owners’ association of SalzburgMilch GmbH at the beginning of this year, Austria’s third largest dairy went back to 100% ownership by local dairy farmers, but these were organised in three independent cooperatives.

In order to continue leading the SalzburgMilch company into a successful future, the three cooperatives recently decided in general meetings to modernise the ownership structures. For this purpose, the cooperatives merged into one, which will now operate under the name Salzburger Alpenmilch Genossenschaft eGen.

The chairman of the new cooperative is Robert Leitner, a dairy farmer from Tarsdorf and the previous chairman of Milchhof Salzburg eGen, as well as the longstanding chairman of the supervisory board of SalzburgMilch. Franz Bernhofer (dairy farmer from Scheffau), Martin Fersterer (dairy farmer from Lamprechtshausen) and Peter Lassacher (dairy farmer from Mariapfarr) were appointed as his deputies.

In addition, the Salzburger Alpenmilch Genossenschaft eGen takes on the role of parent company for a newly created group of companies, which, in addition to the cooperative and the operational SalzburgMilch GmbH, also includes the newly-founded Salzburger Alpenmilch Holding. Andreas Gasteiger, managing director of SalzburgMilch GmbH, will take over the management of the Salzburger Alpenmilch Holding with immediate effect.

“In our very volatile market, quick decisions have to be made for operational business. The new ownership structure ensures this and ensures that we can continue on our successful path”, said Gasteiger.

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