# Creswell NZ to expand water bottling plant in Whakatane, New Zealand

The New Zealand government has granted Creswell NZ, a subsidiary of Chinese Nongfu Spring Co, permission to expand a water bottling plant in Whakatane. The company will spend $42.5 million to upgrade the plant and add two bottling lines, creating 60 full-time jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-12
- Where: Whakatane, New Zealand
- Value: $29.0M (42.5M NZD)
- Jobs: 60
- Status: announced
- Capacity: two new bottling lines
- Products: bottled water

## Companies

- [Creswell NZ](https://endata.com/companies/32514.md)
- [Nongfu Spring Co](https://endata.com/companies/32515.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [business.scoop.co.nz](https://business.scoop.co.nz/2018/06/12/government-signs-off-on-chinese-water-bottling-expansion/), 2018-06-12: "Creswell has said it will spend $42.5 million to upgrade the existing plant and establish two new bottling lines, creating 32 jobs in the first two years and 60 once the plant is fully operational."

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