Specifications - Southwest Cheese Production Facility, Clovis, NM, USA

Key Data
Construction started	2004
Project type	Cheddar and other specialty cheese production plant
Location	Clovis, New Mexico, USA
Completion	Opened 15 October 2005, full production by 2007
Production	Cheddar cheese in 640lb block format, 250 million lb of cheese per year and 16.5 million lb of whey protein
Key Players
Sponsors	Glanbia Foods, Dairy Farmers of America, Select Milk Producers, Clovis Industrial Development Corporation
Design and planning	Power Engineers (mechanical designer), E.A. Bonelli & Associates (architect)
Construction	Dahlgren Industrial Inc, Skanska, Myers Electric, Klinger Construction, Biothane
Plant equipment	Carlisle Process Systems
Financing	Glanbia Foods, Dairy Farmers of America, Select Milk Producers, Clovis Industrial Development Corporation, State financial incentives
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