Factory

• Built in 1997
• Baptista's I =135,000 sq. ft.; Baptista's II =125,000 sq. ft.;

                          TOTAL = 260,000 square feet

• 26 acres
• Located in Franklin, WI (south of Milwaukee and 1 hour north of Chicago)

Production “Capability & Flexibility”

• 9 Flour tanks
• 2 Bulk oil tanks with multiple oils in IBC's 
• 3 Minor ingredient componentor systems serving 6 lines (1,2, 3, 5, 7, 9)
• Liquid sponge continuous fermentation systems
• 5 Extruded lines with 70 million pounds of volume
• 3 Sheeted lines with 32 million pounds of volume
• 8 Continuous seasoning lines (all but lines 3 and 8)
• 40 High-speed multi bucket combination weighers
• 44 Form, fill and seal packaging machines (21 Astros, 10 Atlases, 3 Ilapaks, 8 HMCs, 2 FL Technics)
  • 31 capable of running pillow bags
  • 11 capable of running hem (quad) seals
  • 8 capable of running block bottom bags
  • 10 capable of running doyen-style standup pouches

• 3 Cartoning machines
• Multiple bag in a box or "variety pack" options
• Multiple bulk packaging lines
• 2 Fried dippable tortilla lines
• Environmental conditioned ingredient storage
• Nitrogen flushing capability
• Proud employer who celebrates diversity of the staff's technical knowledge and team work -280 factory and office staff