Tetra Pak acquires cheese technology provider

TETRA PAK has acquired Obram S.A., a leading provider of cheese technology solutions and equipment in Poland, Russia, Belarus and Eastern Europe.

Poland-based Obram was set up in 1976 as a research and development centre for dairy and has since provided solutions for fresh cheese, cottage cheese and semi-hard cheese applications, including mould handling and brining. It runs two production sites with 280 employees.

“The addition of Obram to the Tetra Pak Group will strengthen our portfolio and broaden our capability in the rapidly-expanding cheese sector, enabling us to be even more versatile to the needs of our customers. It complements our existing business extremely well,” said Tim High, executive vice president of Tetra Pak Processing Systems.

“This acquisition will enhance our ability to help customers capture these opportunities, particularly in places like Central America, South America and India, where consumer demand for fresh cheese is growing at a tremendous pace,” said Mr High. “Obram’s automated solutions provide a higher quality, more efficient alternative to the manual or semi-automated installations that are still widely used.”

Zbigniew Raczyński, president and CEO of Obram said, “From an Obram perspective, this move is full of potential: it will help us to grow our business through Tetra Pak’s global sales channels, while allowing us to provide a broader range of products and services to our existing customers – everything from filtration and whey treatment to technical support and parts.”