Dutch Lady Milk Industries
{{Short description|Brand of milk product}}
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| name = Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad
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| type = Public limited company
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| industry = Cow milk
Dairy product
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| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1963|05|28}} in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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| hq_location = Level 5, Quill 9, 112, Jalan Semangat, 46300
| hq_location_city = Petaling Jaya
| hq_location_country = Malaysia
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| parent = FrieslandCampina
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| website = {{URL|https://www.dutchlady.com.my/}}
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Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (doing business as Dutch Lady Malaysia (Malaysia and Brunei), Dutch Lady Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Dutch Lady Singapore (Singapore), Dutch Lady Philippines (Philippines), Dutch Lady Japan (Japan) and Dutch Lady Vietnam (Vietnam, Vietnamese: Cô Gái Hà Lan)) ({{myx|3026}}) is a manufacturer of cow milk and dairy products in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, Philippines, Japan and Vietnam since the 1960s. It was previously under Royal FrieslandFoods, a Netherlands-based multinational co-operative. Dutch Lady Malaysia is currently a subsidiary of FrieslandCampina, which was formed in December 2008 as a result of the merger between FrieslandFoods and Campina. Its current products include growing up milk, UHT milk, pasteurised milk, sterilised milk, family powdered milk, low fat and 0% fat drinking yoghurt, and low fat yoghurt.{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchlady.com.my/product-listing.php|title=Our Products|publisher=Dutch Lady Milk Industries|accessdate=3 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503105713/https://www.dutchlady.com.my/product-listing.php|archivedate=3 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
History
The company started as Pacific Milk Industries (Malaya) Sdn Bhd on 28 May 1963 where it was commissioned to produce sweetened condensed milk in its factory in Petaling Jaya, becoming FrieslandFoods’ first production facility outside the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandcampina.com/en/brands/dutch-lady/|title=Dutch Lady: trusted dairy in Malaysia and Vietnam|publisher=Friesland Campina|accessdate=3 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503105248/https://www.frieslandcampina.com/en/brands/dutch-lady/|archivedate=3 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} It was incorporated as a private joint-stock limited company and started with the production of only condensed milk, before expanding into dairy products. Prior to the expansion, many of its products began to be distributed to surrounding countries in Asia and Oceania.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandcampina.com/en/organisation/who-we-are/|title=About Us|publisher=Friesland Campina|accessdate=3 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503105524/https://www.frieslandcampina.com/en/organisation/who-we-are/|archivedate=3 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
On 24 September 1968, the company became the first milk company to be listed on the countries Stock Exchanges of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore; and by 1975, changing its name to Dutch Baby Milk Industries (Malaya) Berhad. Following the company modernisation, it changed its name to Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad in 2000 and have been using the ultra-high-temperature processing (UHT) and packaging technology since 1970s to produce milk in the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia-star2/20120109/281779920989961|title=What is UHT milk?|author=Ng Tse Mei|work=Star2|publisher=Press Reader|date=9 January 2012|accessdate=3 May 2017}}
The company continued to progressively manufacture and introduce new products into the Malaysian market – sterilised milk were locally produced and sold in plastic bottles in 1983, production of chilled milk products started in 1986, and fruit yoghurt and growing up milk were introduced into the market in 1988. In 2011, Dutch Lady Malaysia was reported as the market share leader in the growing up milk segment – with the Dutch Lady brand holding 40% of national market share.{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/03/12/dutch-lady-aims-to-up-market-share-with-new-milk-formulalatest/|title=Dutch Lady aims to up market share with new milk Formula|work=Bernama|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=12 March 2011|accessdate=3 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503105106/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/03/12/dutch-lady-aims-to-up-market-share-with-new-milk-formulalatest/|archivedate=3 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Its financial record for first quarter of 2012 showed a 9% increase in revenue year-on-year, with a net profit of RM27.5 million (US$8.72 million).{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/business/article/kenanga-ups-dutch-lady-to-outperform/|title=Kenanga ups Dutch Lady to outperform|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|accessdate=3 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526121420/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/business/article/kenanga-ups-dutch-lady-to-outperform/|archivedate=26 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Despite a slowdown in the Malaysian dairy industry, Dutch Lady Malaysia was reported to be on track to achieve its RM1 billion sales target for 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchlady.com.my/sharedfiles/press/2012/20120614_DutchLady_on_track_to_achieve_RMlb_sales_target.pdf|title=Dutch Lady on track to achieve RM1b sales target|work=Daily Express|publisher=Dutch Lady|date=14 June 2012|accessdate=3 May 2017|format=PDF|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025021821/https://www.dutchlady.com.my/sharedfiles/press/2012/20120614_DutchLady_on_track_to_achieve_RMlb_sales_target.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{needs update|date=March 2025}}
References
External links
{{commons category|Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad}}
- {{official|https://www.dutchlady.com.my/|Dutch Lady Malaysia}}
- {{official|https://www.dutchlady.com.sg/|Dutch Lady Singapore}}
- {{official|https://www.dutchlady.com.hk/|Dutch Lady Hong Kong}}
- {{official|https://www.dutchlady.com.vn/|Dutch Lady Vietnam}}
{{Malaysian food and drinks companies}}
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Category:FrieslandCampina subsidiaries
Category:Dairy products companies of Malaysia
Category:Companies listed on Bursa Malaysia
Category:1963 establishments in Malaysia
Category:Malaysian subsidiaries of foreign companies