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Article: Interior Alaska Fish Processors. (Alaskan company specializing in fish, poultry and meat processing) (Special Section: Small Business)
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- May 1, 1991
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For a while, Virgil Umphenour was content to make a steady living cleaning and freezing salmon and shipping the fish to Los Angeles. He also produced smoked fish products and processed local hunters' game.
After more than four years in the business, the urge to expand his Santa's Smokehouse in North Pole got the better of him. Umphenour incorporated his business as Interior Alaska Fish Processors Inc. in 1988. The following year, he leased a building that had been constructed in the mid-80s as a slaughterhouse. From this second site on Davis Road in the Fairbanks industrial area, Umphenour expanded his enterprise from a seasonal operation to a year-round one.
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