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Executive at Swiss Valley

Swiss Valley Farms' plant runs 24/7

A manufacturing facility in Luana, Iowa runs 24/7, every day of the year. Swiss Valley Farms produces Swiss-style cheeses, cream cheeses and whey powders.
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James Carper
March 18, 2012
Northeastern Iowa was shaped by the glaciers and the Mississippi River, which makes up its eastern border. The landscape here defies the stereotype of Midwestern flatness. Rolling hills yield unexpected delights for motorists negotiating the winding county roads.
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Swiss valley management

Swiss Valley Farms brings a sharp focus to cheesemaking

By exiting the fluid milk and cultured business to concentrate on cheese, Swiss Valley Farms CEO Don Boelens has turned the Iowa-based dairy cooperative into a nimble processor that can react quickly to customers’ requests.
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James Carper
March 18, 2012

Swiss Valley Farms chief executive officer Donald A. Boelens was dealing with volatile milk prices and a collapsing export market in 2008-2009. Looking back, he says he knew there had to be a better management structure, one that could allow the company to take advantage of opportunities caused by price fluctuations and at the same time deal with the hardships.

 


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Terlet: Equipment for dairy processing

March 18, 2012
The new Terlotherm vertical scraped surface heat exchanger can handle various applications such as heating, cooling, pasteurization, crystallization and aseptic processing of dairy products in a small footprint.
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