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dairy
Lala, increasing
its presence
in the US
briefs.
Grupo Industrial Lala has a new member.
The Mexican firm has bought the milk processing
company National Dairy, part of
the US dairy cooperative Dairy Farmers of
America, for 435 million usd.
Lala in Mexico
- 20,000 workers -
- 22 dairy processing plants -
- 150 distribution centers -
- More than 5,000 delivery routes -
Based in Dallas, Texas, National Dairy is
one of the United States’ biggest milk processing
companies. This new acquisition gives the
Mexican group an important place in the US
dairy market, which it first entered four years
ago with the sale of milk and yogurt.
Lala was founded in 1949 in La Laguna, Coahuila,
in northern Mexico, and today it is one
of the world’s biggest producers of milk, butter,
yogurt, cheese and other dairy products.
www.lala.com.mx
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Mexico and the United States will soon have
a new connection: the Anzalduas International
Bridge, which will join the cities of
Mission and McAllen in Texas with Reynosa,
in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It’s anticipated
the bridge, the most modern to
connect the two nations, will be finished by
October 2009. It will speed up the exchange
of commerce and make it easier for people
to cross between the two countries.
www.elmananarey.com