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HISTORY<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1584891742995{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}” el_id=”ajalugu”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1585823643366{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
\n1569 \u2013 First written record of cheesemaking in the Maasi castle region, Saaremaa<\/p>\n

Since 1843, cheesemaking in Saaremaa has been continuously recorded.<\/p>\n

1870\u20131910 \u2013 There were nearly 50 manor dairies in Saaremaa, many of which produced cheese.<\/p>\n

Since 1875, famous Swiss cheesemakers Schlupp, Imhof and String operated in Saaremaa.<\/p>\n

1887\u20131930 \u2013 Cheese manufacturer Albert Schlupp was awarded nearly a couple dozen gold and silver medals from both local fairs and fairs held in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, Milan, etc.<\/p>\n

1890 \u2013 Maasi Manor in Saaremaa obtained the first cream separator.<\/p>\n

1895 \u2013 First photographs were taken of churning butter in Saaremaa.<\/p>\n

1899 \u2013 Prestigious awards were won for cheese at the Baltic fair in Riga.<\/p>\n

1912\u20131913 \u2013 First dairy cooperatives in Saaremaa were established in Valjala and P\u00fcha.<\/p>\n

Of the 25 dairy cooperatives established since 1923, ten were remaining in 1940.<\/p>\n

In the 1930s, P\u00f6ide Dairy Association was one of the best in Estonia for turnover and production of butter for export.<\/p>\n

1932 \u2013 The Silver Jug, the prize awarded to producers of butter for export by the Saare County Government, was often held by P\u00f6ide, Muhu and T\u00f5lluste dairies.<\/p>\n

1950 \u2013 Saaremaa dairy associations were nationalised and butter factories were established.<\/p>\n

1955 \u2013 Cheese rinsing machine manufactured at P\u00f6ide Dairy was on show at Estonia in Tallinn. Production of Meleshen and Ruber butters commenced in Saaremaa for the first time. The latter has developed into the contemporary production of sour cream butter.<\/p>\n

1958 \u2013 Saaremaa Dairy Products Manufacturing Company (Saaremaa Piimatoodete Kombinaat) was established on the basis of butter factories.<\/p>\n

1963 \u2013 Estonian Model Cheese Factory (Eesti N\u00e4idisjuustut\u00f6\u00f6stus) was opened in Valjala, which introduced cheese vats and mobile shelves for maturing cheese.<\/p>\n

1965 \u2013 The central factory of the Manufacturing Company was opened in Kuressaare.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1585823304741{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]1966 \u2013 Production of skimmed milk powder commenced for the first time in Saaremaa and production of ice cream started again in Kuressaare.<\/p>\n

1967 \u2013 The company was recognised for centralised milk collection by the Estonian people.<\/p>\n

1975 \u2013 Saaremaa Dairy Products Manufacturing Company and Kingissepa Meat Manufacturing Company (Kingissepa Lihakombinaat) were merged and reorgnised into Saaremaa Meat and Dairy Manufacturing Company (Saaremaa Liha- ja Piimatootmiskombinaat), headed by the Director General Ahti Viilup.<\/p>\n

The long-term reconstruction and expansion of the dairy industry commenced.<\/p>\n

1982 \u2013 Production of complete milk replacer feed commenced.<\/p>\n

1987 \u2013 The largest quantity of milk was processed in Saaremaa \u2013 nearly 62 thousand tonnes.<\/p>\n

1991 \u2013 Urban treatment facilities built under the leadership of Saaremaa Meat and Dairy Manufacturing Company were completed.<\/p>\n

1995 \u2013 The industry was privatised by the farmers of Saaremaa. Saaremaa Meat and Dairy Association (Saaremaa Liha- ja Piima\u00fchistu) was established.<\/p>\n

1996 \u2013 Sales company Pinus was established, and its own building was completed in 2001.<\/p>\n

1997 \u2013 The company began providing overdraft facility to dairy farmers for the purchase of animals and equipment.<\/p>\n

1998 \u2013 Saaremaa Meat and Dairy Manufacturing Company was the best production company in Saaremaa.<\/p>\n

2000 \u2013 Focus shifted to the production of dairy products. Cheese production was relocated from Valjala to Kuressaare. Kuressaare is now home to the only milk production company in Saaremaa.<\/p>\n

2007 \u2013 The dairy factory became independent \u2013 the meat factory was sold.<\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 Cheese production in Kuressaare was modernised (75 million kroon). At the time, the cheese factory was one of the most contemporary in the Baltics.<\/p>\n

2009 \u2013 The first automated milking farm in Saaremaa was launched in Valjala.<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013 We were the first in Estonia to start producing cream butter with salt crystals.<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013 The new butter plant starts operating.<\/p>\n

2020 \u2013 We launch a Pure-Pak line (0.5 million euros).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]