Mantequerías Arias was born in 1848, in Corias de Pravia (Asturias); a small shop devoted to making artisanal butter opened by Antonio Arias. Cheese production would be added in 1918 and shortly afterwards the company would become an industrial business.
The constant evolution and growth of Arias drew the attention of the French multinational Soparind Bongrain, who acquired it in 1978. After that, Mantequerías Arias grew stronger in Spain, having acquired Boffard in Valladolid and Unión Quesera (Casa del Campo) in Albacete. In 2003, Angulo was purchased – with factories in Burgos and Ronda – and in 2009 both companies merged.
Arias is a leading producer and marketer of dairy products, with over 165 years of experience. The company focuses its development on customer satisfaction through strong and well known brands, the quality of its products and continuous innovation.
Mantequerías Arias currently has a workforce of 550 people, distributed amongst the company’s six work centres, and is part of Bongrain Group, the world’s second largest cheese producer, with over 120 subsidiaries, present in 30 countries and four continents, and some 20,770 collaborating companies around the world.
Arias is a leading producer and marketer of dairy products, with over 165 years of experience
Arias has five factories in Spain (Vegalencia-Asturias, Valladolid, Albacete, Ronda and Burgos) devoted to producing dairy products such as butter, cottage cheese, cream cheese, pressed-curd cheeses, and other specialities, which all together make one of the most varied product ranges available in Spain. Additionally, Arias markets specialty cheeses from the Bongrain Group.
Exporting high quality, value added products is a means for growth and business development for Arias. The company is currently exporting its products to other E.U. countries, the US, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Angola.
By focusing on innovation Arias has launched an average of six new products per year for the past 20 years, which translates to 81 new products. Today Arias concentrates its innovation activity in four facilities where its work uses market research, consumer preference analysis and product shelf life research.
Arias’s commitment to quality has led the company to be one of the first companies of its kind to have its production processes certified by the international quality regulations of ISO 9000 and ISO 22000.
