Tine (company) 1934845 211015452 2008-05-08T12:20:47Z Arsenikk 1724762 navbox {{Infobox Company | company_name = TINE BA | company_logo = [[Image:Tine logo.png|center]] | company_type = [[Cooperative]] | foundation = 1928 | location = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] | key_people = [[Hanne Refsholt]] (CEO) | area_served = [[Norway]]<br>[[Global]] | industry = [[Dairy]] | products = [[Jarlsberg cheese]]<br>Milk<br>[[Snøfrisk]]<br>[[Ski-Queen]]<br>[[Diplom-Is]] | revenue = {{profit}} [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] 15.3 billion (2006) | operating_income = | net_income = NOK 374 million (2006) | num_employees = 5,353 (2007) | parent = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.tine.no www.tine.no ] | footnotes = }} '''TINE BA''' is the largest [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[dairy]] product [[cooperative]] consisting of around 18,500 farmers and 5,353 employees. It is running a near [[monopoly]] in Norway, with a turnaround of around [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] 14 billion. The corporation domestically offers the entire spectrum of dairy products. TINE's internationally known products are [[Jarlsberg cheese]], [[Snøfrisk]] goat cheese, Ridder cheese, and Ski-Queen ([[geitost]]). TINE is one of the twelve [[agricultural cooperative]]s [[Agricultural cooperatives in Norway|in Norway]]. ==History== The company dates back to 1928 when "Norske Meieriers Eksportlag" (lit. ''Norwegian Dairies Export Group'') was started. It changed its name to "Norske Meieriers Salgssentral" in 1942 and to "Norske Meierier" in 1984. The TINE brand has been used since 1992 to grant a better [[brand name]] for the dairy products. If Norway [[Norwegian EU referendum, 1994|had joined the European Union in 1994]], TINE would have had to compete with international dairies domestically and needed to position itself. After accusations that TINE was misusing its market position in 2004, [[Morten Andreas Meyer]] ([[Conservative Party of Norway|H]]), then [[Minister of Government Administration and Reform (Norway)|Minister of Government Administration and Reform]], wanted to split up TINE by force, but did not get support for this.<ref name="deling">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/02/19/423850.html|title=Uenighet om Tine-deling i regjeringen|accessdate=2008-03-08|publisher=Dagbladet.no|year=2005|author=Norwegian News Agency|language=Norwegian}}</ref> ==Subsidiaries== Subsidiaries which are partly or fully owned by TINE:<ref name="datterselskaper">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tine.no/page?id=76|title=Tine.no - Om TINE - TINE Gruppa - Datterselskaper|accessdate=2008-03-08|publisher=TINE BA|year=2006|language=Norwegian}}</ref> {{columns |width=45em |col1= * [[Diplom-Is]], Scandinavia's largest ice-cream producer (100% owned by TINE) * [[Fjordland]], a ready-made food company (51% owned by TINE) * [[TINE UK]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland]] division (100% owned by TINE) * [[Norseland]], distributes and markets TINE's cheeses in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] (100% owned by TINE) * [[FellesJuice]], produces and distributes [[juice]] and [[soft drink]]s in Norway (100% owned by TINE) * [[Ostecompagniet]], sells and markets expensive cheeses in Norway (100% owned by TINE) |col2= * [[Wernersson Ost]], sells and markets international cheeses in Norway (100% owned by TINE) * [[Maritex]], produces, sells and markets fish oil products (100% owned by TINE) * [[Salmon Brands]], produces, sells and markets salmon products (51% owned by TINE) * [[Lofotprodukt]], produces and sells fish products (41% owned by TINE) * [[Landteknikk]], produces and sells products needed in the production of dairy and fish products (49% owned by TINE) }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.tine.no TINE's official Website] {{Agricultural cooperatives in Norway}} [[Category:Food companies of Norway]] [[Category:Dairy products companies]] [[Category:Cooperatives of Norway]] [[Category:Agricultural cooperatives]] [[de:Tine]] [[no:TINE]] [[nn:Tine BA]]