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Alaska Milk Corporation

Overview

trade name	Alaska
type	Joint venture (1972–94) Private (1994–95) Public (1995–2012) Subsidiary (since 2012)
traded as	PSE: AMC (1995–2012)
former names	Holland Milk Products, Inc. (1972–1994)
foundation	January 23, 1972
founder	Wilfred Uytengsu Sr.
location city	Paseo de Roxas, Makati, Metro Manila
location country	Philippines
area served	Philippines
key people	Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Jr. (chairman) Tarang Gupta (managing director) Jan Wegenaar (operations director)
industry	Dairy
products	All-purpose cream Coffee creamer Condensed milk Evaporated milk Powdered milk UHT milk
parent	FrieslandCampina
homepage	alaskamilk.com

Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC; formerly Holland Milk Products, Inc.), commonly known as Alaska (stylized in all caps), is a Philippine dairy company headquartered in Makati. It was founded in 1972 by Wilfred Uytengsu Sr. and George K. Young. The company is a subsidiary of Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina, which acquired control (98.1%) of the company from the founding Uytengsu family in 2012.[1]

The company has no connection to the US state of Alaska.[2]

History

Holland Milk Products, Inc. (HOMPI) was established in 1969 by Wilfred Uytengsu Sr. and George K. Young.[3] It was a joint venture between General Milling Corporation (GMC) and Holland Canned Milk International B.V. (now FrieslandCampina), with HOMPI's first plant in San Pedro, Laguna commencing operations in September 1972.

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