Salm Partners, LLC will receive a $1 million Community Development Block Grant-Economic Development (CDBG-ED) loan for a manufacturing expansion that will create 100 new jobs and retain 58 positions.

Salm Partners was established in 2004 as a start-up private label sausage manufacturing business. The company uses leading edge technologies to produce food products, such as ring sausages. The company is currently located in a 25,000 square foot facility in Denmark, Wis., and will use the loan to expand operations and purchase equipment. The total project cost is $13 million.

"We appreciate the commitment that Governor Doyle and Secretary Burke have to economic development in Wisconsin and Brown County." said Christopher Salm, President of Salm Partners, LLC. "This loan will assist with expansion of what has become the premier sausage manufacturing plant in the U.S. "

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