Upon completion, a total of 365 employees are expected to be employed at the facility and nearly three million additional cases will be produced. Products bottled at the Frankfort facility are shipped throughout the US and 43 countries globally.

Under the expansion plans, the Frankfort plant will produce 160 products and have an annual capacity of 10 million cases, representing an increase from 24% to 32% of Beam Global's total worldwide case volume.

The project includes addition of four new bottling lines and approximately 65 new tanks, and will assume production and bottling of DeKuyper cordials from Beam Global's existing facility in Cincinnati. Additional brands bottled at the facility include Sauza, Tequila, and Canadian Club.

Governor Steven Beshear joined Beam Global president and chief executive officer Matthew Shattock in getting the project officially underway in a ceremony themed 'Growing for the Future.'

Mr Beshear added, "The expansion of the Beam Global plant in Frankfort will provide a lasting, positive economic impact in the community. Seeing such growth in our Commonwealth is very rewarding."