Abstract
1919: "DANONE" was founded by Isaac Carasso in Barcelona (Spain) as a small factory producing yoghurt. "DANONE" is a Catalan diminutive of the name of his first son, Daniel.
- 1929: The first factory was built in France, but during World War II, Daniel Carasso moved the company to New York, where Dannon Milk Products Inc. was founded. In the United States, Daniel partnered with the Swiss-born Spaniard Joe Metzger and changed the brand name to DANONE which sounded more American.
- 1951: Daniel Carasso returned to Paris to manage the family's businesses in France and Spain, and the American business was sold off in 1959.
- 1967: In Europe, DANONE merged with Gervais, the leading fresh cheese producer in France, thus becoming Gervais DANONE.
