Kerry Dairy Ireland rebrands as 'Kinisla' amid €300m investment programme
L to R: Pat Murphy CEO, Kinisla; Minister Norma foley Minister for Children, Disability and Equality; An Taoiseach Micheál Martin; Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon; Mary Buckley, Communications Director, Kinisla; Catherine Keogh Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Kerry Group plc; and James Tangney, Chair, Kinisla at the launch of the new corporate identity of Kerry Dairy Ireland, Kinisla in Listowel.
Kerry Dairy Ireland reveals its new identity alongside its 2025 performance report and new investment programme.
The company revealed its “new corporate identity” and will rebrand under the name Kinisla.
The rebrand marks a new phase of growth for the majority farmer-owned business, which also announced strong preliminary 2025 performance and a €300m five-year investment programme.
Kinisla also confirmed that it will create 100 jobs across central and other functions over the next 12 to 24 months, building the expertise and capacity to support its next phase of expansion.
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The business entered a new phase in December 2024, when Kerry Co-Operative Creameries completed phase 1 of its acquisition of a 70% shareholding in Kerry Dairy Ireland.
The Kinisla rebrand is said to reflect the two defining aspects of the business: its people, farmers, farm families, innovators and employees, and the island of Ireland.
The new identity was unveiled on May 18 at an event in Listowel, Co Kerry, attended by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, agriculture minister Martin Heydon, minister for children, disability and equality Norma Foley, public representatives, milk suppliers, employees, and customers, marking an important moment in the development of the business.
In 2025, turnover increased to €1.4bn, and EBITDA rose to €86.8m. The business also maintained a competitive milk price throughout the year, while milk volumes processed increased by 5.2% to over 1.2bn litres.
Pat Murphy, chief executive of Kinisla, said: “2025 was a landmark year for Kinisla and one that underlines the strength of the farmer-owned business we are building.
"We delivered a strong performance, with turnover of €1.4bn and significant momentum across key parts of the portfolio, particularly Nutritional Ingredients and Dairy Consumer Foods.
"Our performance in 2025 gives us a strong platform as we step forward under our new name as Kinisla, with a business of real scale, strong momentum and a clear plan for the future.”
Over the next five years, Kinisla will back parts of its portfolio with the strongest long-term potential.
This strategy is supported by a €300m capital investment programme over the same period.
It will focus on expanding higher-value nutritional ingredients, strengthening its leading dairy consumer brands and investing in the manufacturing, innovation and sustainability capabilities that will shape its next phase of development.
Nutritional ingredients and dairy consumer foods have been identified as the two priority areas, reflecting strong momentum in higher-value ingredients and branded snacking.
Mr Tangney said: "This is a business that was built by farmers and is once again majority-owned by them, and this shapes everything we do.
"The investment we are committing to over the next five years is about building a business that delivers on milk price, sustainability, and long-term growth.
"Kinisla is the identity under which we will successfully build that future for our farmers and the communities connected to them."
