Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Ice cream |
Founded | 1949 |
Headquarters | Langemark, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium |
Area served | Europe |
Key people | Bert Van Nieuwenborgh (CEO) |
Products | ice cream |
Revenue | 190 million EUR (2009) |
Number of employees | 700 (2009) |
Parent | Milcobel |
Website | www.ysco.eu |
Ysco is a Belgian producer of ice cream. Since its foundation in 1949, the company has become a prominent European leader in the production of frozen desserts. [1] Ysco is part of the dairy cooperative Milcobel. Ysco is a private label specialist supplying the largest European retailers but is also an important market player in the Foodservice sector with a range of own brands. Among the most notable own ice cream brands are Ysco and Appassionato.
In 2009, the company produced approximately 180,000,000 litres (40,000,000 imp gal; 48,000,000 US gal) of ice cream. [2] [3]
1949 | Start of ice cream production in Zarren |
1975 | Building of production hall in Langemark, production of 200 000 litre |
1992 | Foundation of Belgomilk cv |
1998 | Acquisition of OZF-Jamin icecream (Oosterhout, Netherlands) |
2000 | Ysco becomes an independent subsidiary of Belgomilk |
2001 | Acquisition of Ségès-Frigécrème ( Argentan, France ) |
2004 | Investment in a new magnum line, Ysco achieves IFS higher level |
2006 | Transfer of the machinery in Oosterhout Towards Argentan and Langemark |
2006 | New mix plant in Langemark |
2008 | Investment in a new cone line, New automated coldstore in Ypres |
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