Fonterra stories

Fonterra to use automated guided vehicles by Dematic
Wed, 18th May 2022
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New Zealand's dairy giant Fonterra is upgrading its manufacturing facility in Edendale with new automated guided vehicles (AGVs) from Dematic.

Climate change 2021: Corporates leaned into sustainability and took it beyond politics
Wed, 15th Dec 2021
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Sustainable business practices are no longer just a nice thing to aim for. For tomorrow’s companies, they’ll be the cost of admission.

Fonterra named Microsoft's first major customer for new data centre region
Thu, 30th Jul 2020
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The move will see the dairy giant migrate a large portion of its operations and critical data from on-premises data centres to Microsoft Azure once the ground-breaking data centre region is launched.

Beyond the day job: Fonterra rolls out ‘gig economy’ project called amp
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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Fonterra has joined the likes of Google and 3M by offering a new scheme that allows employees to spend up to a third of their time on projects beyond the realm of their day jobs.

The 2018 AU CIO Summit – an exclusive opportunity
Wed, 25th Jul 2018
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The Australian CIO Summit is just around the corner bringing decision makers and solution providers together as well as a burly line-up of speakers.

Alibaba, Fonterra turn to blockchain to ramp up NZ's "clean, green" rep
Fri, 27th Apr 2018
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NZ Post CEO David Walsh says the addition of this platform will help to increase New Zealand’s “clean, green and safe” reputation in China.

Fonterra posts $348 million half-year profit loss, CEO steps down
Wed, 21st Mar 2018
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“Beingmate’s continued under-performance is unacceptable," and now the CEO will step down.

Fonterra steps into the realm of VR with new training program
Wed, 7th Mar 2018
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Fonterra and Beca have partnered to develop virtual reality health and safety training technology.

Interview: Meet the 7-year-old company disrupting NZ's logistics & freight industry
Mon, 19th Feb 2018
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"Emerging technology is providing us with the ability to create smart, simple, online supply chain solutions that we couldn’t in the past.”

Fonterra, Alibaba collaboration ushers in new era of retail experiences in China
Thu, 18th Jan 2018
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Hema utilises the wealth of data it gathers from consumers to provide a tailored and personalised shopping experience for each customer.

Air NZ, Fonterra, ARANZ Geo...finalists of the NZ Innovation Awards announced
Tue, 5th Sep 2017
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“They all demonstrate in their own way that Kiwi innovation has come a long way with a vibrant and active innovation in the business community."

Top NZ businesses share Salesforce stories at Basecamp
Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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Over 800 representatives from New Zealand's Salesforce ecosystem of customers, partners and cloud specialists attended the event.

Fonterra’s fingerprinting technology wins innovation award
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Fonterra’s research and development arm has taken out the Innovation Excellence in Research award at the New Zealand Innovators Awards.

Fonterra mulls $250M bond sale, third issue for NZX debt market
Tue, 7th Apr 2015
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Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest dairy exporter, may sell $250 million of six-year bonds in what would be its third security listed on

Fonterra likely to increase farmer payout for the 2015/16 season, economists say
Thu, 2nd Apr 2015
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Fonterra Cooperative Group is likely to increase its forecast payout to dairy farmers next season by enough to make production profitable for most far

Fonterra says its holding its own in Canterbury as farmer suppliers look to new processors
Tue, 31st Mar 2015
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Fonterra Cooperative Group, New Zealand's largest dairy processor, says it's holding its own in the dairy-intensive Canterbury region, despite reports

NZ milk powder futures drop as Fonterra lifts GDT volumes, signalling prices will fall
Fri, 27th Mar 2015
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New Zealand whole milk powder futures dropped after Fonterra Cooperative Group said it will increase the volume of product it puts up for sale on the

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall, led by Fonterra fund, on lower dividend guidance
Wed, 25th Mar 2015
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New Zealand shares fell, led by Fonterra Shareholders' Fund, after the world's biggest dairy exporter lowered its guidance for dividends.

Fonterra says under-performing Australian units will be 'given attention'
Wed, 25th Mar 2015
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Fixing under-performing businesses in Australia is a key part of Fonterra Cooperative Group's renewed push to drive more value from transforming the b

Update: Synlait lifts milk forecast while Fonterra reaffirms its one, trims dividend
Wed, 25th Mar 2015
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Synlait Milk has increased its forecast market milk price upwards for the 2015 season to a level closer to Fonterra Cooperative Group's, which was rea

Fonterra affirms milk payout forecast, lowers dividend guidance as profit falls
Wed, 25th Mar 2015
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Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest dairy exporter, affirmed its milk payout forecast and lowered guidance for dividends, while posting a

Faint praise from industry body for 'Fonterra for meat' report
Wed, 18th Mar 2015
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The industry body that helped fund a major study to reform the red meat sector has damned with faint praise the resulting report from the Meat Industr

Trading partners learnt of 1080 threat last month
Tue, 10th Mar 2015
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International trading partners first learnt of threats to contaminate New Zealand-manufactured infant milk formula with 1080 poison in February, more

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Fonterra fund slips as market mulls dairy scare
Tue, 10th Mar 2015
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New Zealand shares fell, and Fonterra Shareholders' Fund edged lower after the government revealed threats to contaminate infant formula and other dai