Pieno žvaigždės is fourth-largest
dairy product
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s company in
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
.,
uniting
Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; lv, Mažeiķi) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 43,547, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania. The city is the administrative center of Ma ...
dairy,
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
dairy,
Pasvalys
Pasvalys () is a town in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River.
History
In 1557, the Treaty of Pasvalys was signed in the town, which provoked Ivan IV of Russia to start the Livonian War. Pasvalys has mineral s ...
creamery and company "Panevėžio pienas".
Pieno žvaigždės is listed in the
NASDAQ OMX Vilnius
The Nasdaq Vilnius is a stock exchange established in 1993 (''Vilnius Stock Exchange'', ''VSE'') operating in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is owned by Nasdaq Nordic, which also operates Helsinki Stock Exchange and Stockholm Stock Exchange.
OMX Vilni ...
under the ticker symbol PZV1L.
The company president is Aleksandr Smagin.
In 2014, due to sanctions on Russia, the company stopped its exports to
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...
.
Since 2015, the company has started exporting its products to
Chile
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.
History
In 1998, company was founded after the merger of the companies "
Mažeikių pieninė" (founded in 1926) and "
Pasvalio sūrai" (founded in 1948). In 2000, the company "
Kauno pienas" (founded in 1936) joined, in 2004 -
Panevėžio pienas" (founded in 1942).
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See also
* Žemaitijos pienas
* Rokiškio sūris
References
External links
Official website
Official website
Dairy products companies of Lithuania
Companies listed on Nasdaq Vilnius
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