The long-standing CEO Peter Stahl leaves Hochland. The decision was ultimately based on different views of leadership. Sebastian Schaeffer takes over on 1 December 2024.

Largest investment project in Hochland's history completed – A beacon “Lighthouse” within the Hochland Group for flexibility, adaptability and sustainability

The Hochland Group remains on course and achieved a satisfactory result despite volatile conditions and a general reluctance to buy.

Hochland SE is the first dairy in Germany to join the "Food for Biodiversity" association.

The Hochland Group achieved unsatisfactory results in a difficult environment.

This is a milestone for the cheese manufacturer just two years after joining.

At its annual press conference, Hochland presents a satisfactory balance sheet in a difficult environment.

Hochland condemns the war against the people of Ukraine, which cannot be justified by anything. To send a signal, we have imposed an advertising and investment freeze in Russia.

Hochland SE has released an amount of more than 100 million euros for investments. Extensive construction projects are already underway at many locations in the Hochland Group.

Saputo Dairy UK and Hochland Deutschland GmbH agreed on a long term exclusive partnership in the management of the cheddar brand Cathedral City in Germany and Austria.

Changes are ahead of the Hochland SE Managing Board: The growth of the international Hochland Group as well as the ambitious Vision 2025 require strengthening of the Managing Board. In future, a four-man team will lead the Holding of the Allgäu based cheese manufacturer.

2020 was a moving year for Hochland as well. Especially in the first phase of the Corona pandemic, the common goal was to protect people's health and at the same time ensure the supply of food.

Hochland Deutschland GmbH (Heimenkirch/Allgäu) and the French Fromagerie Henri Hutin (Dieue-sur-Meuse/Lorraine) are two subsidiaries of Hochland SE that have joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

It all started with an internal Hochland ideas competition. From this, the start-up Beetgold is born, which is selling its tortillas made from pure vegetables in the trade now, almost two years after its founding.

Hochland looks back on a satisfactory year 2019. Group-wide cheese sales rose by 4% to 378,000 tonnes. Processed cheese accounted for almost half of this growth. The Food Service played a decisive role, with strong growth especially in Russia and in exports to third countries. Group sales rose to €1.6 billion, an increase of around 7%, including the mechanical engineering subsidiary Natec.

In future, Hochland's milk suppliers will only feed their animals feed from Europe. This was agreed by representatives of the milk suppliers, Bayern MEG and Hochland at a joint meeting. The regulation applies to basic feed and concentrated feed.

After the double successes in the Germany-wide competition as well as in the Allgäu decision of the Great Place to Work Institute, Hochland has now also won the Bavarian competition.

The DLG (German Agricultural Society) Test Center Food & Beverages has presented the company trophy "Award for constant product quality" to the Hochland Deutschland GmbH Heimenkirch.

Employer award in a double pack: Hochland SE and Hochland Deutschland GmbH at the award ceremony in Berlin ‒ Strong field of participants with 840 companies

Hochland is one of the best employers in Germany. This is the result of a survey carried out by the magazine Stern together with Statista.

Hochland Group records a moderate increase of turnover and sales volume in 2018 – Above-average contribution of Hochland Russia – Food Service gains in importance 

The DLG (German Agricultural Society) Test Center Food & Beverages has presented the company trophy “Award for constant product quality” to the Hochland Deutschland GmbH Heimenkirch. 

Cheese manufacturer Hochland and the committees of their milk suppliers agree that in future no non-selective herbicides will be used on their fields or grassland.

The Hochland Group’s increase in sales volume and turnover in 2017 is mainly due to the acquisition of Franklin Foods in the USA. However, high raw material prices affected the result.

With effect from November 30, 2017, Hochland acquired a cheese plant in Belinsky, Russia.

Today, it would probably be called a “start-up business”: With modest means, but all the more energy and adventurous spirit Robert Reich and Georg Summer founded the Hochland cheese factory on September 1, 1927.