CLAIRE LACROIX SALES MANAGER

GROUPE LACROIX(1)

Fromageries des Chaumes asked us to redesign the Saint Albray box, which posed a real

technological challenge. We could not have met that challenge without the longstanding

relationship of confidence established between our groups. We had to rethink our machines to succeed in producing this complicated flower- shaped box within the allocated budget. Our

teams perseverance and dedication to service were however up to meeting the challenge.

(1) 1,200 employees in 11 countries, sales of 185 million.

INNOVATING TOGETHER CLAIRE COURDEAU

PURCHASING MANAGER FOR SAVORY SOFT RIPENNED AND EWE CHEESES,

SAVENCIA FROMAGE & DAIRY

The development of the new Saint Albray box, launched in May 2016 in France and Germany,

kept an internal multidisciplinary working group busy for several years. We needed simultaneously

to retain the box s unique flower form, and it s transparency to continue to highlight

Saint Albray cheese s characteristic orange color and reduce its cost. Lacroix is a historic partner:

they played game with us and succeeded through innovation, in developing a new manufacturing

process in the framework of a genuine co-design approach with our own teams.

ENTREPRENEURS TOGETHER

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