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Alpina Productos Alimenticios

Colombian dairy, food and beverage company

Field	Value
name	Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A. BIC
logo	Logo Azul Rey.png
logo_size	180
image	Img fabrica.jpg
type	Benefit corporation
foundation	Sopó, Colombia (1945)
founder	Walter Goggel & Max Bazinger
location	Sopó, Cundinamarca, Colombia
area_served	Colombia
Ecuador
United States
Venezuela
key_people	Ernesto Fajardo (CEO)
industry	Food processing, Dairy
products	Baby food, Dairy Products, Beverages, Milk, Desserts, Cheese
num_employees	6,500 (2009)
homepage	[Alpina](http://www.alpina.com.co/)

Ecuador United States Venezuela

Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A. BIC is a Colombian dairy, food, and beverage company that operates in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and the United States. 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. The company is the third largest dairy producing company in Colombia with sales over US$700 million and with operations in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

History

In 1945, Max Bazinger and Walter 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.

Angelica Cortes worked there before she moved to the United States.

In December 2021, Alpina acquired 70% of Clover Sonoma.

File:La_cabaña_de_Alpina.jpg|Cabaña Alpina is Located next to Alpina's main Plant

References

"Asociados : Alpina". Cecodes.
(2013-07-18). "Alpina Colombia | Recetas, Nutrición y Derivados Lácteos". Alpina.com.co.
"Alpina Productos Alimenticios S.A.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com.
[http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/12899/Colombia/Dairy/USA/colombia-dairy-alpina-buy-us-east-coast-yogurt-company-1h-08-dj.html ]{{dead link. (April 2014)

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