Milestones

  • 1987 Bifurcation of the district from an operational area of Bangalore Milk Union Ltd.,(BAMUL) to form a separate milk union.
  • 1987 Establishment of first Women Dairy Co-operative Society in the Union.
  • 1989 Inauguration of Sadali chilling center.
  • 1990 Initiation of milk marketing at Inter-dairy rate.
  • 1991 Inauguration of Gowribidnur chilling center.
  • 1991 KMF handed over chilling centers at Kolar, Sadali, Chintamani and Gowribidnur to Kolar Milk Union Ltd.,
  • 1994 Inauguration of full-fledged dairy at Kolar with a processing capacity of 1 Lakh Liter per day.
  • 1994 Union started liquid milk marketing under the brand name of Nandini in Polythene Packets.
  • 1995 Inauguration of Administrative Building in the Dairy campus.
  • 1998 Inauguration of Cheese Plant.
  • 1999 Union started marketing Nandini Good life Milk.
  • 1999 Expansion of processing capacity of Chintamani chilling center.
  • 2000 Outside the state, entry into the Chennai for Milk marketing.
  • 2001 Inauguration of Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Chintamani chilling center campus.
  • 2001 Installation of AMC Units at DCS level.
  • 2001 For the first-time in the history of Karnataka, inauguration of BMC centers in the jurisdiction of KOMUL
  • 2001 Kolar-Chikkaballapura Dairy certified for ISO-9002 Quality Management System
  • 2001 Union started marketing Masti Dahi.
  • 2001 Expansion of Tetrapak Unit.
  • 2001 Inauguration of Community Machine Milking Parlors (centers).
  • 2002 Started implementation of TIFAC Project.
  • 2003 Union bagged National Productivity Council Award – 2nd Place.
  • 2004 Union bagged National Productivity Council Award again – 2nd Place.
  • 2004 So far the day maximum milk procurement in the history is 3rd December 2004 (7,38,838 Kgs)
  • 2005 Inauguration of 100th BMC centers in the jurisdiction of KOMUL.
  • 2006 Union bagged Best Co-operative Union Award in the state.
  • 2006 – Establishment of Producers Welfare Trust.
  • 2007 Expanded UHT Processing Capacity from existing 0.40 LLPD to 1.5 LLPD.
    • Nov 2007 : UHT packing Machine installed and commissioned the following
    • TBA-8 1Ltr Brik packing machine – 6000 Ltrs/hour
    • Tetra Flex Sterilizer – 7000 Ltrs/hour
    • TFA-A1 500ml Fino Packing Machine – 3600 Ltrs/Hour
  • May 2008 : Union started to export Goodlife milk with a shelf life of 1year to Singapore
    Sep 2008 : Union started to supply Goodlife milk to Indian army
    Dec 2008 : Union received Energy Conservation Award both from Central and Sate Governaments.
    Dec 2008 : Our Union was renamed to “KOLAR CHIKKABALLAPURA COOPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS SOCIETIES UNION LTD”
  • March 2009 : Installed and Commissioned the following
    • TFA-A1 500ml Fino Packing machine – 3600 Ltrs/hour
    • TFA-A1 200ml Fino packing machine – 2100 Ltrs/hour
  • April 2009 : Introduced Goodlife milk 200ml fino packets to market.
  • May 2009 : Launched New 100ml Brik UHT variant Milk called “Sampoorna” with Fat 4.5% & SNF 8.5% to market.