OUR COMPANY

The Champignon-Hofmeister Group is one of the most important companies in its branch and holds first place among manufacturers of soft ripened cheeses. About 1,000 employees work at five sites over Bavaria and Saxony, while the headquarters are located in the Allgäu region.

The company combines 100 years in the art of cheese-making with innovation and successful brands. With exports accounting for about 40% of turnover, the consumer and industrial brands are sold in over 55 countries worldwide.

Mang Käsewerk is a subsidiary responsible for private lable.

CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY

Our core competence is processing milk into products of top quality which mainly include soft cheeses, but also distinguished products.
By taking adventage of our strengths, we are always aiming at a further expansion of our position. Additionally thanks to our infrastructure and capabilities, we are able to offer our costumers best conditions for a collaboratin of extraordinary success.

Operating with latest production techniques our skilled manual art of cheese takes the centre of our company.

Traditional cheese-making is combined with new product concepts and the latest technology. This combination makes us extremely flexible and helps ensure
the successful launch and placement of products at home and abroad.

ASSORTMENT OF GOODS

Cheese factory Mang, Kammlach/Allgaeu

• Limburger

• Romadur

• Münsterkäse

Cheese factory Champignon, Lauben/Heising

• blue veined soft cheese

• soft cheese with red culture

• conveniene products/snacks

• cheese for the oven

Hofmeister cheese factory, Moosburg

• blue veined cheese

• processed soft cheese

Hainichen-Freiberg dairy factory, Sachsen

• Camembert

• Brie

• Grilling cheese

KEY FACTS

Annual turnover (as of 31.12.2014)

The Champignon-Hofmeister Group of Companies generated a total turnover of approximately € 500 million in 2014 – consolidated group turnover approximately € 360 million.

Employees

About 1,000 employees work in development, production, quality assurance, sales and marketing as well as in administration at our five sites.

Milk suppliers

Approximately 1,300 dairy farmers supply around 400 million kilograms of milk a year to our production sites. This milk comes exclusively from local farms.

Sites

Heising (Allgäu)

Kammlach (Unterallgäu)

Moosburg an der Isar (Bavaria)

Pfeffenhausen (Lower Bavaria)

Freiberg (Saxony)

Export

The export share of total turnover is about 40%. We sell our consumer and industrial brands in 55 countries worldwide.