LEAMINGTON, ONT. — Medical cannabis grower Aphria Inc. has announced completion of its part three expansion project at its Leamington, Ont. plant with part four expansion also progressing well.
A statement released April 5 noted Health Canada had given approval to the part three expansion and that the phase is now growing at full capacity with the first harvest expected to take place the last week of April. Weekly crop harvests at the new phase is now 10,000 plants.
The statement said the part three expansion added 200,000 square feet of production space and more than tripled Aphria’s production capacity from 9,000 kilograms annually to 30,000 kilograms annually. The original growing space was 100,000 square feet.
Phase four will add 700,000 square feet and its first harvest is targeted for 2019.
When completed early next year, the fully expanded facility, referred to as Aphria One, will provide over one million square feet of production space with an annualized capacity of 100,000 kilograms, said the statement. Combined with the company’s Double Diamond Farms location, referred to as Aphria Diamond, located in Kingsville, Ont., and its B.C.-based subsidiary Broken Coast Cannabis, Aphria’s production capacity is anticipated to be approximately 230,000 kilograms per year by early 2019.
“We’re incredibly excited and proud of our whole team that has ramped up operations in our state-of-the-art part three greenhouse expansion with incredible speed and care,” said Vic Neufeld, CEO of Aphria, in the statement. “As we prepare to make our first harvest from part three later this month, work continues to rapidly advance on our part four expansion, which we anticipate will have its first sale early next year.”
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