Canada, ON: Brick Brewing gets provincial grant for expansion project

Brick Brewing is getting C $357,959 from the Ontario government to help pay for the expansion of its Kitchener plant, therecord.com reported on December, 10.

The funding was announced in a news release from the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

Brick is undertaking a C $9 mln project to add a brew house at its bottling, packaging and distribution facility on Bingemans Centre Drive.

The project follows the Kitchener beer maker's decision to close its brew house in Waterloo. In September, it announced the C $4 mln sale of its Waterloo property.

Brick, which expects to complete the expansion next fall, says that consolidating operations in Kitchener should result in cost savings of more than C $1 mln a year.

The provincial grant comes from the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, which was set up to support projects that create jobs, encourage innovation and attract private sector investment.

11 December, 2014