HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 



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Swiss and English capital. The first factory of that company was 

 built and operated in 1866 at Cham, Lake Zug, Switzerland, under 

 the direction of George H. Page, who was its president until 1898, 

 when he died. 



This company prospered and grew rapidly in Europe. In the 

 eighties of the last century it invaded the United States, where it 

 built and operated several large factories in New York, Wisconsin 

 and Illinois. The American factories were managed by David Page 

 and William B. Page, brothers of George H. Page. In 1902 the 

 Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company sold its entire American 



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Morey Gondensery, North Prairie, Wis. 



interests, factories and business, to Borden's Condensed Milk Com- 

 pany. In 1904 the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company consoli- 

 dated with Henry Nestle, of Vevey, Lake Geneva, Switzerland, an- 

 other successful manufacturer of condensed milk. The company 

 which is now known as the Nestle-Cham Condensed Milk Company, 

 is operating some twenty large condensed milk factories in European 

 countries, with headquarters at Cham, Switzerland. 



Up to the early eighties of the last century, sweetened con- 

 densed milk was the only condensed milk that was put on the market 

 and sold in hermetically sealed cans, while unsweetened condensed 

 milk was manufactured and sold open, largely direct to the con- 

 sumer, in a similar way as market milk. The purity and keeping 

 quality of this unsweetened condensed milk, however, were greatly 

 superior to market milk. 



Early in 1885 the Helvetia Milk Condensing Company was 

 organized at Highland, Illinois. This company confined its efforts 

 exclusively to the manufacture of evaporated milk (unsweetened 



