A Bel Brands USA cheese facility is the 2016 Plant of the Year
The Brookings, S.D., plant uses state-of-the-art and proprietary manufacturing processes developed in Bel’s Evron, France facility.
A manufacturing facility in Brookings, S.D., that makes Mini Babybel cheeses is the 2016 Dairy Foods Plant of the Year. Bel Brands USA began construction in July 2012 and held a ribbon-cutting in October 2014 to mark the official opening of the plant.
Dairy Foods had nominated 12 food manufacturing facilities that make fluid milk, ice cream, frozen ices, cheese and cultured dairy foods. It invited visitors to vote at dairyfoods.com to help select the Plant of the Year. In all, more than 3,500 votes were cast over a five-week period.