Emmi is to double the length of its cheese-ageing cave in Kaltbach by 2010, the Swiss dairy company has said.
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The investment will total around CHF15m (US$13m) and see the cave extended to two kilometres in length, creating storage capacity for the next 20 years.
“The expansion of the cave opens a new and particularly important chapter in the Kaltbach story,” said Othmar Dubach, managing director of Emmi Käse AG, on the occasion of the official start of work on the cave in Kaltbach.
The sandstone cave, which is currently around 1,000 metres in length and can store around 13,000 wheels of cheese, will be extended to 2,000 metres by spring 2010. It will then accommodate up to 50,000 ageing Kaltbach cheeses.
By 2010, Emmi will have invested some CHF15m in construction work on the cave and the surrounding buildings. In order to complete this expansion project, three new positions will be added to the existing 39-strong workforce.
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By GlobalDataIn 2007, around 2,300 tonnes of Kaltbach specialities were sold, over half of which were marketed outside Switzerland.
