Lamb Weston EMEA

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Lamb Weston EMEA formaly known as Lamb Weston / Meijer is one of the larger manufacturer of French Fries and Potato specialties in Europe, with 4 production facilities in the Netherlands (Kruiningen, Oosterbierum, Bergen op Zoom as well as the former Oerlemans production site in Broekhuizenvorst) and one in Wisbech in the United Kingdom (previous Garden Isle plant) and one in Austria (Frisch und Frost).

At the end of FY2016 production capacity of Lamb Weston Meijer was 710,000 tonnes of potato products. Lamb Weston Meijer employs around 1,400 employees (2018). Together with Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., these products are sold under the Lamb Weston brand in more than 110 countries throughout the world. Total annual production capacity of dehydrated potato flakes is reported to be 30.000 tons.

Lamb Weston Meijer is co-owned by Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. and Meijer Beheer B.V., a joint venture formed in 1994. However, in 2022, Lamb Weston acquired all of Meijer Beheer's shares.

This acquisition gave the Lamb Weston company ownership of an additional five manufacturing facilities worldwide, including four in the Netherlands and one in the United Kingdom, as well as a sixth manufacturing facility through a 75% stake in a joint venture in Austria.

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Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

Lamb Weston Hollabrunn (Austria)

Lamb Weston Hollabrunn (Austria) is a production facility of Lamb Weston Holdings.

Lamb Weston Wisbech UK

Lamb Weston Wisbech UK is a production facility of Lamb Weston Holdings.

Oerlemans Foods Nederland BV

Oerlemans Foods is a specialised manufacturer and supplier of fresh frozen vegetables, fruit and potato products.

We Fry LLC/LWM - Lipetsk/Belaya Dacha

We Fry LLC is a leading Russian producer of potato fries.The first large-scale production plant for frozen french fries in Russia, operated as a Joint Venture between the Russian company JSC Belaya Dacha Trading (75%) and the Dutch / American Joint venture Lamb Weston / Meijer (25%).

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How the residual heat connection will work: Excess heat - and too low in temperature to reuse in the potato processing - at Lamb Weston Meijer is used to heat up water. Next-door company Wiskerke Onions can make good use of this hot water (energy) to dry

april 17, 2018

Lamb Weston Meijer and its neighbour save energy in a unique project

Potato Processor Lamb Weston / Meijer and Wiskerke Onions are working hard on the construction of a residual heat connection between the two adjacent companies - a unique way to save energy.

View of the full bulk potato storage on top of the potato pile, where the weight loss is monitored by means of a Mooij Weight Watcher.

oktober 31, 2017

Mooij Agro builds potato storage with humidification for Lamb Weston Grower in Germany

Potato Storage Specialist Mooij Agro announced that they have built a potato storage for a Lamb Weston potato grower in Titz, Germany.

From the archive

Dick Hylkema (Managing Director, NAO) will chair the board of the newly established organisation Holland Innovative Potato (HIP)

september 26, 2017

Dutch Potato Industry establishes Holland Innovative Potato (HIP) for major investment in research

Ten Dutch potato (processing) companies and two associations have established Holland Innovative Potato (HIP) to facilitate and coordinate joint pre-competitive research activities. A budget of € 4.5 million is available for the first research program of HIP.

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The signing of the contract by Raoul Vorage, CFO/COO Oerlemans Foods (left) and Bas Alblas, CEO Lamb Weston / Meijer (right), officially marks the acquisition of the potato division of Oerlemans Foods by Lamb Weston / Meijer.

juni 16, 2017

Lamb Weston / Meijer completes acquisition potato division Oerlemans Foods

Lamb Weston / Meijer, the European joint venture of Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., announced June 15th that it has completed its acquisition of the potato division of Oerlemans Foods.

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