It adds to Molson Coors breweries in Toronto, Moncton and Montreal (pictured).
Molson Coors has broken ground on a modern CAD 200 million ($147.31 million) brewery in British Columbia, Canada.
The new facility ‘will play a critical role in the company’s supply chain’ as the production and distribution hub for beer, cider and speciality products in western Canada.
Senior executives from Molson Coors Canada, as well as local officials, attended the site of the Fraser Valley brewery in the city of Chilliwack to take part in a special ceremony.
Frederic Landtmeters, president and CEO of Molson Coors Canada, said: “With Molson’s 230-year brewing legacy along the shores of the St Lawrence River in Montreal, and Coors brewing for 144 years at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, it’s fitting for Molson Coors to break ground on a new brewery at the foot of the Cascade Mountains in the Fraser Valley.”
“With over 50 years of brewing history in British Columbia, Molson Coors Canada has been warmly welcomed by the community of Chilliwack. We are excited about the wonderful opportunity for our employees and their families to make Chilliwack their home.”
The $200 million factory is expected to generate more than 1,000 jobs during construction alone, and around 100 employees will be hired when the brewery becomes operational in early 2019.
Sharon Gaetz, the mayor of Chilliwack, added: “We are delighted that Molson Coors Canada is breaking ground in Chillwack. The construction of their brewery will immediately infuse our community with new construction jobs and we look forward to the bustle of activity that will surround the creation of the brewery. This certainly demonstrates that Chilliwack is open for business.”
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