07-26-2016, 04:00 PM
According to the county Real Property Tax Division website, Waiakea’s parent company, Island Resource Group LLC, in April 2015 paid $800,000 for a warehouse building on Kalanianaole Avenue near the Port of Hilo that once housed Pacific Island Floors.
Emmons said the company plans to open a production plant there in the next few months that would supply Waiakea Water throughout the Islands. He said the plant would be capable of producing 5,000 to 10,000 pallets of water a year, with each pallet holding 71 cases.
“This will be good for the local economy,” Emmons said. “We’re looking forward to employing a lot of people and we’ll be distributing throughout the Islands soon.”
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Not everyone is going to Yale. We still need local employment.
Emmons said the company plans to open a production plant there in the next few months that would supply Waiakea Water throughout the Islands. He said the plant would be capable of producing 5,000 to 10,000 pallets of water a year, with each pallet holding 71 cases.
“This will be good for the local economy,” Emmons said. “We’re looking forward to employing a lot of people and we’ll be distributing throughout the Islands soon.”
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Not everyone is going to Yale. We still need local employment.