Cooperativa Lechera SAM
Cooperativa Lechera SAM advertisements illustrated by Enrique Gil Guerra under the pen name "Nike"; the archive holds 1 piece.
1931–1991 (dairy production); facilities acquired by Iparlat in 1996
The Cooperativa Lechera SAM (Sindicatos Agrarios Montañeses) was founded in 1931 by the Federación Montañesa Católico-Agraria of Santander, with more than 3,000 member farmers and initial share capital of 3.7 million pesetas; its plant at Renedo de Piélagos started up in March 1932. It was a pioneer in Spain in pasteurising milk in single-use containers made of paraffin paper imported from the United States, and diversified its output with powdered milk, condensed milk, infant formula and chocolate milk drinks, distributing its products as far as Madrid. In the 1940s and 1950s it enjoyed its golden age, competing with Nestlé and putting Cantabria at the head of the national dairy sector; the crisis of the 1970s led to its integration into Lactaria Española (INI) in 1977, and in 1991 it definitively ceased its own dairy production.
Sources: Cooperativa Lechera SAM — Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libreCooperativa Lechera SAM — Red de Patrimonio Industrial de CantabriaLeche industrializada por la Cooperativa Lechera SAM, 1938-1968 — ICANE
