The Irish dairy cooperative and umbrella dairy products export organization Ornua has bought the US cheese ingredients business, Whitehall Specialties Inc (WSI) for an undisclosed sum from Mason Wells, a private equity firm based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Headquartered in Wisconsin, WSI provides functional cheese solutions to its food manufacturing and food service customers. This acquisition complements Ornua’s US Ingredients division, Ornua Ingredients North America (OINA), and is central to Ornua’s long-term growth strategy in the US cheese ingredients market. This acquisition significantly increases OINA’s current position in the US cheese ingredients market expanding its production footprint across six facilities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, Ornua states.