Fonterra Moves HQ to Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM, The NetherlandsFonterra moved its European headquarters from Hamburg, Germany, to Amsterdam, in order to bring it closer to its partners and food manufacturing customers, the company said.

Our new office in Amsterdam provides a home to our international sales force as well as a local technical centre to support the growth of our value-added and specialty ingredients portfolio in Europe," he said. Fonterra already has a strong relationship with The Netherlands to build upon. As well as our existing partnerships and trading presence, we have also chosen to use Dutch ports and distribution channels for the majority of our exports to Europe. The Netherlands has long been a world-leading centre of advances in dairy and food. Being here provides opportunities to combine our respective expertise to bring the goodness of dairy to more customers and more consumers."

Minister Verhagen said: The arrival of the European headquarters of Fonterra is an asset for the Dutch agri-food sector. Their coming is also a recognition of our strong business climate. We in The Netherlands also have much to offer in terms of our own expertise and knowledge in the field of dairy and logistics."