Aphria has received a license amendement by Health Canada, thus allowing the company to start operating in the 800.000 square-feet facility at its Aphria One location as part of the company's completed part IV and V expansions
Irwin D. Simon, Interim CEO of Aphria, says that "In anticipation of Health Canada’s approval, we had allocated a portion of our previously approved capacity to mother and vegetative plants that will be used as the initial growing crops in Part IV and Part V. As a result of these measures, growing operations in the expanded facilities are expected to commence without delay. By this Friday, we will move swiftly to establish nearly 22,000 plants in the Part IV and Part V expansion, with an additional 12,000 plants added each week thereafter until we reach full crop rotation.”
Industry-Leading Automation
The completed Part IV & Part V expansions at Aphria One bring industrial-scale horticulture production technology to cannabis cultivation. While critical phases such as initial cuttings, trimming and pruning mature plants will be performed by hand, the in-house designed technology will automate key steps, including:
- Transplanting cuttings
- Transporting plants through harvesting
- De-budding & rough trimming
- Drying & curing
- Waste disposal
Aphria One
According to the company, once the Aphria One facility will be in full rotation, Part IV and Part V will produce on an incremental annualized basis 80,000 kg bringing the total annualize production capacity at Aphria One to 110,000 kg.
For more information:
Aphria
Vic Neufeld
President & CEO
1-844-427-4742
aphria.com