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Whitby Free Press, 19 Jul 1973, p. 2

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PAGE 2, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1973, WHIT8Y FREE PRESS Ccadbury Whitby, Ont., July 17. Cadbu ry Schweppes Powell Limited, the Canadian subsidiary of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa manufacturer, announced today it will establish a $10,000,000. plant here to serve Canada's major growth area. The plant will provide about 175 new jobs. Construction is to begin immediately, with completion scheduled for late summer next year. Clifford B. Powell, chairman and chief executive officer of Cadbury Schweppes Powell,' whose head office is in Montreal, said Whitby was selected as the site of the company's new Ontario plant in view of the potential for expansion and its proximity to Toronto. -A 40 acre emplacement has been acquired on the spur of the Canadian Pacific railroad lîne. 1It allows for unlimited expansion for the plant northward and westward and limited expansion towards the south and east. Mr. Powell announced details of the new plant at a press conference attended by Mayor Desrnond G. Newman and Industrial Commissioner W.G. Winters, of Whitby. Mayor Newman said the Cadbury decision is "an expression of great confidence in the future of our area as well as recognition that Whitby is an appropriate location for penetration into the Greater Toronto market. "It bas been our basic strategy to encourage a diversified industrial basis in the community and the addition of Cadbury Schweppes Powell Limited to the list of inter- national companies in Whitby is very welcome indeed." The plant will cover an area of 100,000 square feet and will accent modemn food production techniques. The building is to be a one - story structure of poured concrete with brick and precast finish. Architects are Reich, Scbertzer and Scoler, of Montreal, and thIe engineers, Surveyer, Nenniger and Chenevert lnc., also of Montreal. W. Roger Gravelle, of Cadbury is the project manager. Mr. Powell said chocolate for the Whitby plant will be processed in Cadbury's Montreal plant, which itself is to undergo a $5 ,000,000 redevelopment programn aimed at achieving optimum manufacturing potential. The processed chocolate will be shipped to Whitby in tankers. Three lines will be manufactured in Whitby -- Crunchie, AID TO S] The fei wil introd fail to eni the establiý of Canadi through t] Industrial ment Ager Industr] merce Mini pie said "t economyj will depen on the prol small busi. want to as. CONFEREI ECONOMI On July be the site on Westeri tunities - important meetings iù Justice said recen, HIS WEEK ' from Ottawa M!ALL BUSINESS The Queen's official furie- ýderal government tions wiil include the opening uce legisiation this of the Lester B. Pearson Build- ýcourage and assist ing, the new home of the shrnent and growth Department of External Af- an smatl business, fairs and she will officially he creation of the receive Heads of Govemnment Bank and Develop- who wil be attending the icy. Commonwealth Conference in y, Trade and Com- Ottawa, August 2 - 10. ister Alastair Giles- EXPORT CONTROLS the strength of our The federal governrnent bas in the years ahead extended its export controls d to a large extent to additional agricultural pro- ýgress and growth of ducts such as edible oils, ani- ness in Canada. We mal fats and livestock feeds. sist that growth." hs otlanuce NCE ON WESTERN Thecotosanone c OPPORTUNITIES by Industry, Trade and Com- j24-26, Calgary will merce Minister Alastair Gilles- of te Cnfernce pie, corne 10 days after- the n Economic Oppor- imposition of export controls one of the most on soybeans, flaxseed, rape- federal-provincial seed, linseed, fishmeal and n history. their by-products. These ac- Minister Otto Lang tions have been taken to pre- tly in Regina "the serve Canadian supplies for - i .r t-. domestic use. Conference 1 preaict, wm ne of major national significance, and I believe it can, with an honest and sincere approach, alter the course of our coun- try's history as it relates to Western Canada and the as- pirations of western people." ROYAL VISIT Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phiip will be back ini Canada at the end of the mnonth, for a five-day visit to the.National Capital Region. They will stay at the residence of Governor General and Mrs. Michener., TAX FORMS NOT DIFFICULT A recent Gallup Poli re- ports that 54% of those sur- veyed had no difficulty in coping with the new 1972 incomne tax forms. Only 17% reported they found them difficult, while 29% felt that they were fairly difficuit. This would seemn to contra- dict Opposition suggestions at the time that "harassed tax- payers" need more time to complete the new forms. Corne To Ba-r Six and Coffee Ripple. 'Me two latter products use wafer biscuits. it was on Dec. 30, 1'971, that Cadbury Schweppes Powell Limited came into legal existance in Canada following the merger of Fry - Cadbury Limited and Schweppes - Powell [id. The third entity -- Powell Foods Limited - merged with Schweppes ian. 1, 1969. The Canadian company has 1,.200 employees, 850 of them work for Cadbury, the majority of them in Montreal. District offices as weIl as sales representatives are spread throughout Canada, however. Mr. Powell said the decision to build a new plant WE HAVE MGVED The Whitby Free Press is no longer located at the oId Brock Street South location. Pending the completion of renovations to the new Free Press Building at 121 Brock Street NORTH, we are operating out of temporary offices at the Whitby Professional Building, 304 Dundas Street West. Our telephone. number 668 - 6111 remains the same. We wish to apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused anyone who went looking for us at our nid location. Highway 401 extension Tbe MacDonald - Cartier Freeway Extension from Ro- ugemount Drive Easterly to the West Limits of Pickering Village, a distance of 4.41 miles, has now been announ- ced. Work will commence on this section of the Highway on iuly l6th. This will include three structures on Highway 401 and additional "GO" Transit parking. Wihitby in Ontario and to develop the Montreal facility stems from the company 's target rate of growth of 15 per cent per year. The company bas another plant in Montreal - the $2,000,000. Schweppes Factory, only wholly - owned Schweppes bottling plant in North America -- as well as other factories in Saint - Jean, Que., and St. Catharines and Toronto, Ont. The new Whitby building is scheduled to be closed in November. Full operation of the plant is slated for September next year. 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