Ysco

Ysco NV
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Ice cream
Founded	1949
Headquarters	Langemark, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium
Area served	Europe
Key people	Bert Van Nieuwenborgh (CEO)
Products	ice cream
Revenue	190 million EUR (2009)
Number of employees	700 (2009)
Parent	Milcobel
Website	www.ysco.eu

Ysco is a Belgian producer of ice cream. Since its foundation in 1949, the company has become a prominent European leader in the production of frozen desserts.^[1] Ysco is part of the dairy cooperative Milcobel. Ysco is a private label specialist supplying the largest European retailers but is also an important market player in the Foodservice sector with a range of own brands. Among the most notable own ice cream brands are Ysco and Appassionato.

In 2009, the company produced approximately 180,000,000 litres (40,000,000 imp gal; 48,000,000 US gal) of ice cream.^[2]^[3]

History

1949	Start of ice cream production in Zarren
1975	Building of production hall in Langemark, production of 200 000 litre
1992	Foundation of Belgomilk cv
1998	Acquisition of OZF-Jamin icecream (Oosterhout, Netherlands)
2000	Ysco becomes an independent subsidiary of Belgomilk
2001	Acquisition of Ségès-Frigécrème ( Argentan, France )
2004	Investment in a new magnum line, Ysco achieves IFS higher level
2006	Transfer of the machinery in Oosterhout Towards Argentan and Langemark
2006	New mix plant in Langemark
2008	Investment in a new cone line, New automated coldstore in Ypres

References

^ www.belgianicecream.be
^ "Food Chain - Cream of the crop". 2007-07-16. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
^ Kok, Gerjo (September 2010). "Wie heeft het grootste probleem van het land?". Psychologie en Gezondheid. 38 (3): 146–147. doi:10.1007/bf03089372. ISSN 0921-5360. S2CID 147334490.