History

1965

Henk Hoogwegt founds a dairy exporting company in the Netherlands. It grows and grows – and one day becomes the largest privately held supplier of dairy products in the world.

1971

RUMI is established. In 2011, we celebrated our 40^th anniversary.

1974

Hoogwegt acquires RUMI; its first international acquisition. Today, Hoogwegt is active in more than 130 countries.

2012

RUMI moves to a brand new office in Rungis, in the Paris region. It provides the perfect location for handling the 220,000 megatons of dairy product that we ship on a yearly basis.

2015

Hoogwegt celebrates its 50^th anniversary, determined to continue adding vision and value to our customers’ business for many decades to come.