Leading spirits company J.Wray & Nephew Limited, JWN, is investing US$25 million to set up a fertiliser plant that will utilise the dunder waste generated from its rum operation as feedstock.

The company plans to sell the fertiliser to local farmers, and prospectively to customers in the United States.

JWN has already identified a contractor, developer and operator for the plant that is expected to be commissioned by 2023, assuming construction begins this year. Planning approvals are still pending from the National Environment & Planning Agency.

The dunder treatment/fertiliser plant would become one of its “biggest” investments since its acquisition by the Europe-based Campari Group in 2012, said JWN Managing Director Jean-Philippe Beyer in a Financial Gleaner interview on Tuesday. Prior to this, the company’s last big project was the reimagining and expansion of the Joy Spence Appleton Rum Tour in St Elizabeth, which was renamed for JWN’s world-renowned master blender.

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