Alpina Productos Alimenticios

Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A.
Private
Industry Food processing, Dairy
Founded Sopó, Colombia (1945)[1]
Founder Walter Goggel & Max Bazinger[1]
Headquarters Bogotá, Colombia
Area served
 Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Key people
 Ernesto Fajardo (CEO)
Products Baby food , Dairy Products, Beverages, Milk, Desserts, Cheese
Number of employees
 6,500 (2009)[2]
Website Alpina

Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A. is a Colombian dairy, food, and beverage company that operates in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and USA. Its products include beverages, milk, baby food, desserts, cheeses, cream and butter, and finesse products. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Bogotá, Colombia.[3] The company is the third largest dairy producing company in Colombia with sales over US$700 million and operations in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.[4]

History

In 1945, Max and Walter Bazinger Goggel, two Swiss men arrived in Colombia with the idea of creating a company.

They began searching for areas with rich milk collection and when they encountered Sopó valley, they were fascinated by its similarity to the Swiss landscape. At the time, they bought 500 bottles of milk and with them, they manually produced their dairy products.

After obtaining a bank loan they acquired 11 acres of land to build their first factory.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Asociados : Alpina". Cecodes. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Alpina Colombia | Recetas, Nutrición y Derivados Lácteos". Alpina.com.co. 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
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