Employees at Associated Milk Producers Inc.’s (AMPI) Sanborn, Iowa, plant might be seeing double, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with their vision. Instead, it’s a reflection of a recent expansion that doubled the facility’s cheesemaking capacity.
During the expansion project, the plant — which became part of New Ulm, Minn.-based AMPI when operator O’Brien County Co-op Creamery joined the cooperative in 1970 — received upgrades that include eight new cheese vats, increased automation and enhancements to the whey processing and storage area.