Aquablue International’s website states that, “Aquablue Spring Water International Inc. today announced that Aquablue and Hershey Canada Inc. have agreed to terms on the acquisition of the facility and equipment located in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Aquablue will officially occupy the facility on June 1, 2009 and intends to immediately prepare for operations of its business from the Smiths Falls facility. Terms of the agreement were not announced. Aquablue Spring Water International Inc. is a Canadian-based subsidiary of Aquablue International, Inc. They are the high-quality manufacturers of bottled water and beverages, for domestic and export clients.”
Their announcement is at http://www.aquablueinternational.com/news.htm.
Our campaign blog posting ‘Aquablue International to set up in Smiths Falls, Ontario’ can be read at http://canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=554.
As noted in that campaign blog, “We will be tracking this story to determine what Aquablue International intends to do with the former Hershey’s plant, if they are bottling water (which is likely), where that water will come from (local groundwater, source water or the municipal system), what the environmental impact of these operations would be, the number and quality of jobs that could be created (and the need to promote public and sustainable jobs), and more.”
