Meister Cheese Company

Muscoda,
WI
(2013)

Meister Cheese Company

Business Development, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Restaurants and Catering, Retail and Commercial

Meister, a cheese manufacturer, used NMTCs to upgrade the MPP facility and purchase equipment.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $12,500,000
Total Project Cost: $16,895,987

IMPACT

112 FTE jobs
51 construction jobs
$116.65 million Additional Economic Output in the region

CDEs

Rural Development Partners

Investor

US Bank

Project Description

Meister Cheese Company, widely known for their ability to source cheese with special characteristics including use of only BGH-free milk from pasture-raised cows, and an established “Animal Friendly Family Farm” is known for providing their customers “food with integrity”. Their sister company, Muscoda Protein Products (MPP), produces whey protein concentrate and lactose provided from Meister Cheese Co. Meister used NMTCs to upgrade the MPP facility and purchase equipment. A portion of the equipment expenditure was used by MPP to upgrade its lactose equipment and refrigeration system at the whey plant, increasing efficiency and product quality; another portion was used to purchase equipment related to cheese production to be leased back to Meister Cheese enabling them to increase their production capacity to meet customer needs.

MAP

Address: 1160 Industrial Drive, Muscoda, WI 53573

Census Tract: 55049950200

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