Laga Ind ventures into water bottling

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The National - Tuesday, March 29, 2011
LAGA Industries has completed the installation and commissioning of a state-of-the-art high speed water bottling line integrated into the current beverage bottling plant in Lae.General manager Phil Kelly said the 600ml bottled water would be available through their network of distributors under the distributors’ own brand.Kelly said water bottling had become a natural part of any beverage bottling business nowadays and that its integration into Laga’s present operations was a matter of course.“So it only made good commercial sense to extend into the bottled water category by installing a water filling line to counter imports, creating jobs and assisting to supply the growing demands for high quality bottled water”, Kelly explained.He said the addition of the world-class water bottling line was in keeping with the company’s strategic objectives to create jobs for Papua New Guineans as well as producing cost effective high quality products that delivers a satisfactory return to shareholders.“The product is of the highest standard and bears the HACCP certification and PNG-Made logo as it has been audited and accredited with HACCP certification by NCS International, an internationally recognised food safety auditor,” he said.