CLERMONT - The operator of Bullitt County’s oldest manufacturing facility may soon have a new owner.
On Monday, it was announced that Suntory Holdings Limited and Beam Inc. had reached a agreement in which the Japanese-based company will acquire the international spirits company for $16 billion.
The deal is expected to close during the second quarter of 2014.
The Jim Beam distillery in Clermont began operation in 1933 at the close of Prohibition by the James B. Beam family.