Danisco Breaks Ground on Plant Expansion In Madison, USA

The new expansion will house an ultra-cold storage facility and packaging operations for frozen dairy cultures. Attending the event from the Danisco Cultures Division headquarters in Paris, France were all members of the Danisco Cultures Division management team, including Fabienne Saadane-Oaks, President of Danisco Cultures Division and Pierre Cans, Vice President of Global Operations for Danisco Cultures.

Rod Dahlen, the plant manager states, “This new addition will remove existing bottlenecks and significantly expand our culture capacity at the Madison facility, allowing us to meet the demands of the dairy industry for starter cultures and the rapid growth in probiotics.”

In addition, Doug Willrett, Vice President, New Market Development and Madison Site Manager adds, “Danisco’s recent move into new administrative offices and laboratories directly adjacent to the plant, along with this current expansion and future corporate-approved projects, reflects a strong commitment to Madison by Danisco.” 

Willrett added that Danisco has maintained a strong presence in Madison since acquiring local operations in 2004 – operations which recently celebrated a century of doing business in Madison.  The local business was originally founded in Madison in 1906 by A.J. Marschall.  There are currently more than 125 employees employed by Danisco in Madison.

The internationally diverse Danisco Design Team, which was responsible for developing the plan for this expansion, consists of representatives from Denmark, France, Germany, and North America. Tri-North Builders is the general contractor and Strand Associates, Inc. is the engineering firm.

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