Norco Co-operative Limited is an agricultural supply and marketing co-operative based in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1895, it sells dairy products and services locally and internationally. Its 200+ dairy farm members supply over 200 million litres of milk to its two milk bottling factories at Raleigh and Labrador, and to its ice cream factory in Lismore. The dairy brands produced include "Norco", "FM", "Mighty Cool", "Real Iced Coffee" and "Tornado Shake". It also produces "home brand" milk and ice cream for Coles and Aldi, and has a milk export business in China.[2]
History
Norco was formed in 1895 by agreement of a number of Northern Rivers dairy companies including the Springs Hill Butter Factory, Woodburn Butter Factory, Rous Cooperative Dairy Company, Unara Factory, Rosevale Dairy Factory, Pearce's Creek Union Dairy Company Limited, Clunes Dairy Company, Tintenbar Creamery and a number of other smaller producers from throughout the region. Its founders were inspired by the Kiama Pioneer Butter Factory, a cooperative started in 1884, on the South Coast of New South Wales which lead to a number of other regions forming cooperatives.[3]