Last week, Sartori Company, a fourth-generation family-owned artisanal cheese company, announced a $47 million investment to expand and equip its whey-converting site in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
The project will add 68,000 square feet to an existing 106,254-square-foot converting plant to house five new production lines. The capacity boost should support the company’s next five years of growth and create up to 27 new jobs.
Bert Sartori, CEO, Sartori CompanySartoi Company
The company was founded in 1939 by Paolo Sartori and has won more than 330 domestic and international awards.
“Wisconsin has an incredible dairy heritage, and we’re fortunate that our milk comes from local Wisconsin family farms,” said Sartori.
Sartori sources fresh milk from farms located within 75 miles of its Plymouth facilities, converting local dairy into finished cheese within hours of collection.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has authorized up to $450,000 in state income tax credits over the next three years. The actual amount of tax credits Sartori Company will receive depends on the number of jobs created and the amount of capital investment during that period.
Wisconsin remains the top cheese producer in the U.S. The state produces 25% of the nation’s cheese and 14% of its milk. Plymouth, a small city about an hour north of Milwaukee, is known as the “Cheese Capital of the World” and produces more than 14% of all the cheese consumed in the U.S.
Sartori broke ground on the project in December 2025 and expects to complete the building by spring 2027. Once the building is completed, production lines will be added in phases, with the full project expected to be completed in 2030.
Last month, Sartori announced a new partnership with Coupang, Inc., to expand its international reach to new consumers across South Korea.
Coupang’s logistics network has helped Sartori products reach consumers in Asia efficiently. Rocket Fresh, an online grocer, delivers customer orders. According to Coupang, it has helped generate more than $5 billion in sales of U.S. goods and services overseas in 2025 alone, working with thousands of American companies and brands to sell everything from Sartori cheese to artisan salt and sports nutrition supplements.
An aerial photo of the Sartori cheese plant (left) and a rendering of the new facility.Sartori Company
