More attention to profitable product group dairy spreads and traditional regional cheeses gave Nordmilch a golden 2009 with a 21 per cent increase in earnings abroad from the cheese division. Nordmilch, Germany's largest dairy in terms of milk processed, had spent the previous year on a slimming cure - and it showed in the results for 2009. Milk processed was down on the year by 100 million kg to around four billion kg in 2009 while actual turnover slumped by 25 per cent to €1.86 billion. But obviously the right products had been promoted and profit for the year edged over €29m, no less than 45 per cent above the bottom-line in the previous year.
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