Ålands Centralandelslag

Ålands Centralandelslag, also known by the aliases Ålandsbaggarn, Ålandsmejeriet and Ålands Centralandelslag (ÅCA), is a cooperative organisation headquartered in Finland. The organisation operates as a central cooperative that oversees several subsidiary businesses in the food sector. Its dairy subsidiary is identified as Ålandsmejeriet, which focuses on milk processing and related dairy products. Its bakery subsidiary is known as Ålandsbaggarn, which produces baked goods for consumer markets. Together these entities form the operational core of the cooperative’s activities within the Finnish food industry.

Ålands Centralandelslag is organised as a central cooperative, a legal form known in Finland as a centralandelslag. This structure means that the organisation is owned by its members. The cooperative’s ownership extends to its two primary subsidiaries, Ålandsmejeriet and Ålandsbaggarn. Ålandsmejeriet operates as a dairy producer, while Ålandsbaggarn functions as a bakery. No further details about the size of the membership, employee count, or annual turnover are provided in the source material.

The organisation’s known incident overview includes a cyberattack that occurred on 11 January 2023. According to the published summary, this attack targeted Ålands Centralandelslag and affected its subsidiaries, including the dairy producer Ålandsmejeriet and the bakery Ålandsbaggarn. The incident disrupted operations across the cooperative, prompting an immediate response to contain the breach and restore affected systems. No public confirmation was given regarding any data compromise, financial loss, or the identity of the attackers. A second incident is recorded in the overview for 1 March 2025, although no further details about its nature or impact are available. The sole source cited for the 2023 event is a news article from Nyan.ax describing the cyberattack on Ålandsmejeriet and Ålandsbaggarn. Together, these entries constitute the entirety of the publicly disclosed incident history for the organisation in the provided context.