past, present, future.

Since inception in 1999, United Dairy Power (UDP) under the direction of Managing Director and Founding Partner Tony Esposito, has grown to become Australia’s largest privately owned independent milk supply company.

This phenomenal success in the highly competitive market for milk is attributable to UDP’s innovation, honesty, and responsiveness to both suppliers and customers.

It was UDP’s understanding of customer requirements that sowed the seeds for the expansion of the company. UDP identified the difficulties the smaller cheese companies were having in securing a constant supply of milk.

UDP’s customer focus and innovation is exampled by the initiatives, such as being the first Australian company to introduce weekly payments to farmers, the introduction of a fully serviced farm analysis tool for its suppliers, and the development of alliances with a number of major milk processors.

UDP has a very stable dairy farmer supplier base. Indeed, many of the original suppliers have remained with the company while at the same time there has been exceptional growth in the acquisition of new suppliers.

UDP’s vision has shown that there are still opportunities to build a business and be successful in a rationalising industry.