Ysco facts for kids
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Ice cream |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Langemark, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium |
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Area served
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Europe |
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Key people
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Bert Van Nieuwenborgh (CEO) |
| Products | ice cream |
| Revenue |  190 million EUR (2009) |
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Number of employees
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700 (2009) |
| Parent | Milcobel |
Ysco is a company from Belgium that makes a lot of ice cream! They started way back in 1949. Since then, Ysco has become one of the biggest ice cream makers in Europe.
Ysco is part of a larger group called Milcobel, which is a dairy company. Ysco makes ice cream for many big stores across Europe. This is called "private label" ice cream, meaning it's sold under the store's own brand name, not Ysco's. They also make ice cream for restaurants and cafes. This is known as the "Foodservice" sector. Some of their own ice cream brands are Ysco and Appassionato. In 2009, they produced about 180,000,000 litres (40,000,000 imp gal; 48,000,000 US gal) of ice cream. That's a huge amount!
Ysco's Journey Through Time
Ysco has a long and interesting history. Here are some of the important steps they've taken:
- 1949: Ysco began making ice cream in a place called Zarren.
- 1975: They built a new production hall in Langemark. By then, they were making 200,000 liters of ice cream.
- 1992: The company Belgomilk cv was founded.
- 1998: Ysco bought another ice cream company called OZF-Jamin in the Netherlands.
- 2000: Ysco became an independent company, but still part of Belgomilk.
- 2001: They bought another company, Ségès-Frigécrème, in France.
- 2004: Ysco invested in new machines to make special ice cream, like magnum-style bars.
- 2006: They moved some machinery from the Netherlands to their factories in France and Langemark. They also built a new mix plant in Langemark.
- 2008: Ysco invested in new machines to make ice cream cones. They also built a new automated cold storage facility in Ypres.
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