Coquard

Coquard

Etablissements Coquard

Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

Processing EquipmentIngredients & CulturesPackagingCleaning & Hygiene
Founded 199111-50 employeesManufacturer, Authorized DistributorSells to Artisan Producers, Dairy Farms
Profile last updated: July 27, 2026

About

Founded in 1991, Coquard is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France selling processing equipment, ingredients & cultures, packaging +3 more.

Coquard, legally Etablissements Coquard, is a French company founded in 1991 in Villefranche-sur-Saône near Lyon. It manufactures and distributes equipment and supplies for on-farm and small-scale dairy processing, serving small dairies and cheese dairies with production volumes of about 20 to 2,000 litres of milk per day. Its range covers cheese vats and moulds, draining and ripening equipment, pasteurisers, cream separators, churns, milk tanks, packaging, cleaning and hygiene products, lactic and ripening cultures, rennets, flavourings and fruit preparations. The company says about 75% of its products are made in France and that it ships to more than 70 countries through a distributor network. It also offers technical advice, spare parts and after-sales service, and sells a urea milk test. Its catalogue lists more than 1,800 products. The company is led by its founder and president, André Coquard, a trained cheesemaker.

Location

Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

Founded

1991

Employees

11-50

Legal name

Etablissements Coquard

VAT number

FR71380724179

Focus areas

cheese makingfarm dairylactic culturesrennetmilk urea testingcheese vatsartisanal dairy equipment

Languages

FRENES

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Processing EquipmentIngredients & CulturesPackagingCleaning & HygieneTesting & QualityMilk Collection & Cooling

Supplier role

ManufacturerAuthorized DistributorService Provider

Sells to

Artisan ProducersDairy Farms

Customer scale

Farmstead & Artisan

Dairy products served

CheeseYogurt & FermentedButter & CreamIce Cream

Milk species

CowGoatSheep

Equipment

Pasteurisers & UHTCheese Vats & PressesSeparatorsButter MachinesTanks & Process VesselsFilling Machines

Ingredients

Starter & Probiotic CulturesRennet & CoagulantsFlavoursFruit Preparations

Services

Spare Parts

Products

COQUARD Lactic Cultures

Starter culture

Lactic and ripening cultures for small-scale cheese and dairy production, sold in tubes and sachets.

Rennets and coagulants

Rennet & Coagulants

Rennets and coagulants for farm cheesemaking, prepared and distributed by the company.

UREMILKIT

Milk testing kit

Test strips for quick measurement of urea content in milk, used to monitor herd feeding.

Yatout concept

Recipe and preparation kit

Ready-to-use preparations with detailed manufacturing recipes for dairy products.

Brands represented

Chr. Hansen

Service regions

FranceWorldwide

People

Management & team (2)

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