The small town of Arkansas City, Kan. — also known as Ark City — is home to the Cowley County Waterfall, which Yahoo Travel included in its 2014 “Top 12 Most Beautiful Waterfalls in America” list. It is also home to a decidedly less touristy — but arguably equally fascinating — “attraction”: a KanPak US dairy processing facility that employs aseptic technologies to create custom shelf-stable liquid-based products for quick-service restaurants, retail and other customers.
Wichita, Kan.-based KanPak US is part of KanPak LLC, which includes KanPak China and is owned by Golden State Foods (GSF) of Irvine, Calif. The 110,000-square-foot Arkansas City facility is one of two aseptic processing plants KanPak US operates; the other facility is located in Penn Yan, N.Y.