Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods

Infobox_Company
company_name = Wimm Bill Dann Foods OJSC
company_
company_type = Joint stock
company_slogan = Is what you want
foundation = 1992
location = flagicon|RUS Moscow
key_people
Toby Denis Maher, "Chairman of the Management Board"
Dmitry A. Anisimov, "CFO"
Vera V. Eliseeva, "Head of Human Resources"
num_employees = ~ 17,000
revenue = ~ US$1.4 bn 2005 Sales
industry = Dairy products
products = Yoghurt
Milk
Fruit juice
soft drinks
homepage = http://www.wbd.ru/

Wimm Bill Dann is one of Europe's biggest dairy products companies. It is a pan-Russian company according to its website, and its headquarters are in Moscow. WBD produces yoghurt, milk, flavored milk, fruit juices and other soft drinks.

Wimm Bill Dann has 30 production sites, in 16 cities, from Vladivostok to Kiev, and owns a subsidiary company in Amsterdam. The "About our Company" page on the website describes the company's close ties to Russia's cattle and dairy farms. The company's management is both Russian and non-Russian. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Operations

In response to a decline in the census of dairy cattle in Russia, the company spent US$7 mm in 1999 to modernize its suppliers' milking and refrigeration equipment, using state-of-the art Swedish technology.

Wimm Bill Dann holds a 34% share in all dairy products in Russia, and a 20% share of the fruit drink market.

Brands

WBD has a portfolio of over 1,000 different types of yoghurt and dairy drinks, and 150 types of fruit juices and fruit drinks. Most recognized brands are "J7", "100 % Gold Premium", "Favourite Garden" ( _ru. "Любимый сад"), "House in a village" ( _ru. "Домик в деревне"), "Jolly Milkman" ( _ru. "Весёлый молочник"), "Agousha" ( _ru. "Агуша").

ee also

*Lebedyansky JSC," Russian fruit juice producer"

External links

* [http://www.wbd.ru/ Wimm Bill Dann, Russian language and English language]