FrieslandCampina: Dairy firm takes giant step to AWS

FrieslandCampina produces consumer products including dairy-based beverages, infant nutrition, cheese and desserts across Europe, Asia and Africa. It has branch offices in 33 countries and employs c22,000 people. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is fully owned by Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina; with c19,000 member dairy farmers in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium it is one of the world’s largest dairy co-operatives.

In this research note we examine how its move to Amazon Web Services has highlighted the benefits of working with smaller specialist suppliers – not least Little British Battler, Lemongrass.