| Ysco NV | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Foundation: | 1949 |
| Location: | Langemark, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Key People: | Bert Van Nieuwenborgh (CEO) |
| Area Served: | Europe |
| Industry: | Ice cream |
| Products: | ice cream |
| Revenue: | 190 million EUR (2009) |
| Num Employees: | 700 (2009) |
| Parent: | Milcobel |
| Homepage: | www.ysco.eu |
Ysco is a Belgian producer of ice cream. Since its foundation in 1949, the company has become a prominent European leader in the production of frozen desserts.[1] Ysco is part of the dairy cooperative Milcobel. Ysco is a private label specialist supplying the largest European retailers but is also an important market player in the Foodservice sector with a range of own brands.Among the most notable own ice cream brands are Ysco and Appassionato.
In 2009, the company produced approximately of ice cream.[2] [3]
| 1949 | Start of ice cream production in Zarren | |
| 1975 | Building of production hall in Langemark, production of 200 000 litre | |
| 1992 | Foundation of Belgomilk cv | |
| 1998 | Acquisition of OZF-Jamin icecream (Oosterhout, Netherlands) | |
| 2000 | Ysco becomes an independent subsidiary of Belgomilk | |
| 2001 | Acquisition of Ségès-Frigécrème (Argentan, France) | |
| 2004 | Investment in a new magnum line, Ysco achieves IFS higher level | |
| 2006 | Transfer of the machinery in Oosterhout Towards Argentan and Langemark | |
| 2006 | New mix plant in Langemark | |
| 2008 | Investment in a new cone line, New automated coldstore in Ypres |