Keliehor created customized cheese formulations and produced and sold cheese ingredients to various food processors across the nation while working with Custom Ingredients, Inc.

In 1992, Keliehor started his own custom design manufacturing company for automating food processing, Custom Food Equipment, Inc. (CFE). From the inception of CFE, James was involved with major food manufacturing companies. In the summer of 1994, Keliehor was asked by Land O’ Lakes to partner with them on a project to deliver and form fresh cheddar cheese curd without damaging the delicate consistency of the curd. This concept had been tried unsuccessfully for years until Keliehor applied his Positive Displacement Delivery technology to solve the problem. After years of experimentation with Land O’ Lakes and continual trips to Wisconsin from Texas, Keliehor developed and has a patent pending on his design for a Cheese Curd Delivery and Forming System.

Because of the costly, time-consuming developmental expense and the need for automation in the cheese industry Keliehor decided he needed a pilot plant at his equipment manufacturing facility in Montgomery County. Hence, Cheesemakers, Inc. CMI was born in 1997, and is now in the process of becoming a state-of-the-art cheesemaking plant for the manufacture of many fresh specialty cow's milk and goat's milk cheeses in the state of Texas. Cheesemakers, Inc. manufacturing plant has co-packing capabilities, pilot plant product development, label development, unique sizes and packaging options, and nutritional database and testing. You will find Cheesemakers, Inc. products, Jaimito Mexican Cheeses (named for Keliehors' son) and Lone Star Gourmet and Goat Cheeses (named for the location of the plant in Montgomery County, Texas birthplace of the Lone Star Flag and named after his daughter as she is his little Lone Star), in your favorite gourmet grocery stores, authentic Mexican, Italian, and Greek food restaurants and fine hotels.

A family owned and operated company, Cheesemakers, Inc. has James Keliehor as its General Manager, Amy, his wife, as its Funds and Tax Manager, son Carson and daughter Caylin (their twins) as brand mascots, Kate Cawthon, James' mother as Marketing Manager. There are also other family members who have helped contribute to Cheesemakers, Inc. success as well as many "adopted" family members who have helped and guided Cheesemakers, Inc. throughout the company's growth.