Zentralschweizer Milchproduzenten ZMP

Founded in 1907, Zentralschweizer Milchproduzenten ZMP is a dairy industry service provider based in Luzern, Switzerland selling ingredients & cultures, engineering & services.

The Genossenschaft Zentralschweizer Milchproduzenten ZMP is a milk producer cooperative in central Switzerland, founded in 1907 as the Milchverband Luzern. It bundles the milk of its roughly 2,800 to 2,900 member farms, organises collection and transport, and sells the milk to processing companies in the region. It also holds majority ownership of Emmi AG through its subsidiary ZMP Invest AG and holds stakes in several other dairy processors, including Neue Napfmilch AG, Hochdorf Holding AG, LATI SA and Bergkäserei Marbach AG. For its members it offers advisory services including milking, feeding and cheese dairy advice, and it promotes sustainable and Swiss-origin milk production through the swissmilk green standard and the KlimaStaR climate project. The cooperative operates from Luzern and has been ISO 9001 certified.