Nestle Sets Sights on Northwestern Oregon for Water Bottling Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Nestle S.A. (OTC:NSRGY) (Vevey, Switzerland) plans to build its first water bottling plant in the Pacific Northwest at a site in Columbia Locks, Oregon.

Nestle is pursuing water rights and is in the early stages of developing a $50 million facility that will draw 100 million gallons per year from natural springs from the community 45 miles east of Portland. Earlier this year, the company withdrew plans to build a bottling plant in Orting, Washington, citing infrastructure requirements and other factors.

The proposed facility will be located on a 25-acre site along the Columbia River and will require construction a 250,000-square-foot building and two automated bottling lines. Selection of engineering and construction firms may not occur prior to September 2010, mainly due to environmental and permitting issues. Construction is slated for the first quarter of 2012, and the facility may be operational in the first half of 2012.

Nestle has 26 spring-fed bottling plants in the United States and Canada.

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