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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Dairy |
| Predecessor | Gradska Mljekara Gradska Mljekara Zagreb Zagrebačka Mljekara |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Headquarters | , Croatia |
| Revenue | €352 million (2023) [1] |
Number of employees | 1028 [1] (2023) |
| Parent | Lactalis |
| Website | dukat.hr |
Dukat is a Croatian company that produces dairy products based in Zagreb.
It was founded in 1912 as Gradska mljekara (eng. city dairy company) in today's Radić street in Zagreb, in what was then Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within Austria-Hungary. This was followed by the founding of other dairy companies in the city, Baltic (1924) and Samopomoć (1926), all of which were eventually merged into a single company called 'Gradska Mljekara Zagreb' (1948). It was finally renamed to Dukat in 1972. It produces a variety of products ranging from milk, yoghurt to pudding, cream, mousse, butter, spreads and dip, including low-calorie and lactose free variants. [2] It cooperates with about 2000 small, medium and big milk producers throughout Croatia. [3]
Since 2007, it is a part of the Lactalis Group, serving as its main hub for Southeast Europe. [4] In 2013, it took over Ljubljanska mlekara (Ljubljana dairy company). Throughout the following decade, it invested in modernising or building its production lines to secure the leading position in the region. From 2014, it began exporting its products to Africa, South America and China. During 2020, the company and its subsidiaries consisted of 13 companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, employing 3000 workers, with 1000 in Croatia itself. Its products today are exported to 86 different countries around the globe. [2]
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