Annual Report 2013
Annual Report 2013 9th financial year PARMALAT ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Mission NUTRITION AND WELLNESS ALL OVER THE WORLD 2 MISSION The Parmalat Group is a food-industry group with a multinational strategy that seeks to increase the well-being of consumers throughout the world. The ultimate purpose of the Group is to create value for its shareholders while adhering to ethical principles of business conduct, to perform a useful social function by fostering the professional development of its employees and associates, and to serve the communities in which it operates by contributing to their economic and social progress. We intend to establish Parmalat as one of the top players in the global market for functional foods with high value added, which deliver improved nutrition and wellness to consumers, and attain clear leadership in selected product categories and countries with high growth potential for the Group. Milk and dairy products and fruit beverages, foods that play an essential role in everyone’s daily diet, are key categories for the Group. 3 PARMALAT ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Countries of Operation 72 manufacturing facilities 3 research centres of excellence Castellaro (Parma, Italy) for milk, yoghurt and fruit beverages London (Ontario, Canada) for cheeses and dairy ingredients Buffalo (New York, USA) for cheeses more than 16,000 employees about 5.4 mld € net revenues 4 COUNTRIES OF OPERATION DIRECT PRESENCE Europe Italy, Portugal, Romania, Russia Rest of the World Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Mozambique, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Swaziland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia PRESENCE THROUGH LICENSEES Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States of America, Uruguay 5 PARMALAT ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Contents Mission ...............................................................................................
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