ASEAN Committee in Santiago Visits Chilean Milk Company 

PHOTO: Philippine Ambassador to Chile Ma. Teresita C. Daza (second from right) together with Cooperativa Agricola y Lechera de La Unión Limitada (COLUN) staff during the visit to the COLUN plant on 16 January 2020. (Santiago PE photo)

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee in Santiago (ACS) visited the Cooperativa Agricola y Lechera de La Unión Limitada (COLUN) on 16 January 2020.

Better known as COLUN, the Chilean milk company is a cooperative founded in 1949. It is presently with some 70 dairy producers from the area, as members. Among COLUN´s products are cheeses, yogurt, butter, ultra-high-temperature processing (UHT) cream, manjar and other milk products.

The ACS was briefed on COLUN’s history, mission, operations and plans and was given a tour of its most modern plant.

The ACS also joined the ceremony of the agriculture seminar in the COLUN headquarters followed by bilateral talks.

COLUN plans to expand its exportation to the Southeast Asian region. (Santiago PE photo)

Left photo: Philippine Ambassador to Chile Ma. Teresita C. Daza (second from left) joins a tour of the Cooperativa Agricola y Lechera de La Unión Limitada (COLUN) plant on 16 January 2020. Right photo: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee in Santiago (ACS) joins the ceremony of the agriculture seminar in the COLUN headquarters on 16 January 2020. (Santiago PE photo)

PHOTO: Philippine Ambassador to Chile Ma. Teresita C. Daza (fourth from left) during the tour at the Cooperativa Agricola y Lechera de La Unión Limitada (COLUN) plant on 16 January 2020. (Santiago PE photo)

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