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Company type | Benefit corporation |
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Industry | Food processing, Dairy |
Founded | Sopó, Colombia (1945) [1] |
Founder | Walter Goggel & Max Bazinger [1] |
Headquarters | Sopó, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Area served | Colombia Ecuador United States Venezuela |
Key people | Ernesto Fajardo (CEO) |
Products | Baby food, Dairy Products, Beverages, Milk, Desserts, Cheese |
Number of employees | 6,500 (2009) [2] |
Website | Alpina |
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After obtaining a bank loan, they acquired 11 acres of land to build their first factory.
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