Jim Beam Inc., the makers of Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, have been sold to a Japanese firm for $13.63 billion. The Japanese company, Suntory Holding Ltd., is the same that bought Anheuser-Busch and Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo.
With the acquisition, Suntory becomes the third largest global premium spirits business
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The makers of Jim Beam bourbon announced that it will shut down production at its Lewiston facility and shift that work to a facility in Kentucky. 160 people work in the Beam’s plant in Lewiston that makes Pinnacle Vodka and Calico Jack Rum.