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Ysco NV
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryIce cream
Founded1949
HeadquartersLangemark, Belgium
Area served
Europe
Key people
Bert Van Nieuwenborgh (CEO)
Productsice cream
RevenueIncrease 190 million EUR (2009)
Number of employees
700 (2009)
ParentMilcobel (company)
Websitewww.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.[2]
In 2009, the company produced approximately 180,000,000 litres (40,000,000 imp gal; 48,000,000 US gal) of ice cream.

History

1949 Start of ice cream production in Zarren
1975 Building of production hall in Langemark,production of 200 000 liter
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, Fr )
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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