On 31^th March 1960, during the General Meeting of Representatives of Żuławska Spółdzielnia Mleczarska in Kmiecin (Dairy Cooperative), there was passed a resolution on building modern Dairy Plant in Nowy Dwór Gdański. The Dairy Plant in Nowy Dwór Gdański was put to use in July 1963. Simultaneously the Dairy Cooperative was registered as Regional Dairy Cooperative in Nowy Dwór Gdański (Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska - OSM Nowy Dwór Gdański). OSM Nowy Dwór Gdański was established in 1963 as a result of fusion of OSM Kmiecin, OSM Stegna and OSM Marzęcino. Its activity encompasses the following communes: Nowy Dwór Gdański, Stegna, Sztutowo, Ostaszewo, Elbląg, Sztum and Malbork.
The Cooperative buys up and processes 40 million litres of milk every year. OSM Maluta is one of the national leaders in dairy branch. The company has a very wide assortment of produced goods: milk, creams, butter, cottage cheeses, hard cheeses, melted cheeses, yoghurts, kefirs, buttermilks, homogenized cheeses and cheeses coming from ultrafiltration.
OSM Maluta sells its products in five Polish voivodships: pomorskie, warmińsko-mazurskie, zachodniopomorskie, wielkopolskie and małopolskie. Since year 2002 OSM Maluta successfully exports its yoghurts, homogenized cheeses and delicate fromage frais to the United States of America.
The Cooperative won twice a first prize for the most interesting foodstuff of the year, presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy:

• 1997 - acidophilic buttermilk with fruits
• 1998 - 1998 - delicate fromage frais

The Cooperative introduces into the market new and modernised products every year.
It also implements new technologies. In our institution is performing a duty HACCP system. MALUTA got qualifications for sale articles at Europe Union's and other country's markets in 2004.