The establishment of the ALPENHAIN cheese specialties factory by Mathias Hain followed in the year 1905.

The beginning of ALPENHAIN cheese specialities factory started in a little village cheese dairy in Sachrang at the end of the 19th-century.

 

The production of "brick cheese", a type of Limburg cheese, was started with the purchase of today's property in Lehen near Pfaffing.

In the year 1925, after the completion of a new cheese dairy building, new creamery machines were bought, making the standardized production of Camembert possible.

After the company was taken over by Senior Gottfried Hain and his wife in 1933, a phase of modernization began. By 1938/39 ALPENHAIN was considered a model factory. With the development of an innovative packaging machine, which was also requested by other cheese dairies, Gottfried Hain laid the foundation for the establishment of the machinery plant ALPMA in the year 1947.

In 1952 followed the name change to ALPENHAIN-Camembert factory. In the time between the years 1983-1990 frozen products were produced for the first time, which was made possible by the construction of an additional specialty cheese dairy with highly modern cheese dairy technical equipment and deep-frozen storage. Together with a production hall constructed in 2000, it forms the basis for the most important segment today, cheese convenience products.

 

The production of Back-Camembert, which was launched in the year 1980, secured ALPENHAIN's market leadership in the segment of Back-Camembert specialties. ALPENHAIN is also market leader for Obazda, which had its industrial manufacturing launch in 1994 and could thus be introduced to the market.

 

Until 2003 Peter Wagner, Gottfried Hain Junior's brother in law, successfully led the management, which he then turned over into the hands of his daughter and nephew in the 4th family generation. Barbara von Hagmann and Christian Hain currently represent the management of the company.

 

Today nearly 500 employees and trainees work at our factory in Lehen. The training in various commercial and administrative areas is also a tradition at our company and an important part of our company philosophy.

 

Company structure

 

Affiliated company ALPMA. Specialist for cheese dairy machines		Subsidiary Frischpack. Packaging specialist for cheese.

 

Milk trading area
The ALPENHAIN milk trading area is by tradition organized in 9 independent areas that supply 250,000 kg milk on daily average.

 

Product range
ALPENHAIN brand

• Baked cheese meals
• Hot cheese snacks
• Bavarian cheese for bread snacks
• Soft cheese specialties