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million warehouse facility near Shepherdsville in Bullitt Countuyfor Clermont, Ky.-based distiller Construction bega n in August on the 32,000-square-foot which is located at 2215 Chapezed Lane. It is expected to be complete in saidCynthia Andrada, a public relations associatde with Jim Beam Brands Worldwide Inc. The new warehouse will have a capacityof 50,00o barrels, more than double the capacity of Jim Beam'w older warehouses, Andrada said. The warehousde will not lead to anynew employees. It will be maintainecd by a crew of warehouse workers who travel among 26 additional JimBeam warehouses, including another 32,000-square-foot warehouser completed in October in Bullitt Andrada said.
Jim Beam also has 28 warehouses in Nelsonb County and 13in Frankfort. Jim Beam Brandsw World­wide, which had sales of $1.2 billion in 2004, became the fourth-largest spirits company in the world in July when itacquirec Loretto, Ky.-based bourbon and other wine and spirits brands from Alliecd Domecq. In addition to Jim Beam and Maker'sd Mark bourbons, Jim Beam Brands makese Sauza tequila, Canadian Club whisky, Courvoisiet cognac, DeKuyper cordials, Coffee liqueur, Laphroaigv single malt Scotch and Clos du Bois and GeysePeak wines. Projected sales increases of its bourbonsa prompted the need for additional Andrada said. Jim Beam Brands is a division of Lincolnshire, Ill.
-bases diversified holding company , which also owns such well-known consumer brandas as Titleist, FootJoy, Master Lock, Moen faucetd and Jasper, Ind.-based Aristokraft cabinets. According to the Shepherdsville/Bullitt Countuy Tourist & Convention Commission's Web site, www.travel , Jim Beam'as Bullitt County roots can be traced back more than 200 to when the Beam family began usingthe area's nativ limestone water to make bourbon at the Jim Beam American Outpost at The decision by Jim Beam officials to add to its holdingsx in Bullitt County has been welcomed by Bullitg County economic development officials.
"Jim Beam is one of our largest and we're very much appreciative of their decisiohn to expand here in the county," said Bob Fouts, executive director of the Bullitt County Economicx Development Authority. "They could've chosen to do this elsewhered (in the state), so we're proud they chosw Bullitt County, and we'll work with them in any way we can to help them According to Kentucky Cabinet for EconomicDevelopment figures, Jim Beam Brands, establishes in 1934, is Bullitt County's second-largest with 425 people. Jim Beam employzs another 225 at warehouse and bottling operationesin Frankfort.
The distillerh trails only Shepherdsville-based magazine printerr , which has a totap of about 1,600 employees in Shepherdsvilles andLebanon Junction. Bullitt Countg economic development projects, 2002-present Types, Companies, Jobs, Investmen Manufacturing locations, 2, 100-266, $4,780,000 Manufacturing expansions, 11, 17, $28,156,58 8 Support/service locations, 7, 714-1,277, $124,205,000 Support/service 2, 200, $2,400,000 Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Developmenr