date:Jan 22, 2013
French firms Agrial and Eurial have confirmed plans to combine their dairy businesses and create the countrys second largest dairy co-operative behind Sodiaal.
The merged businesses will have turnover of just under 2bn and produce more than 2 billion litres of milk per year as well as goats cheese, fresh dairy products and cheese ingredients.
Agrial and Eurial share a common vision of the future of France's dairy sector and the changes which lie ahead with the end of dairy quotas in 2015. Toge