Clare spring water set for Middle East
This follows Clare Spring Water Ltd signing a deal to export its spring water to the Middle East through a recently-established Bahraini food import firm, Bahsham.
Co Clare born director of Bahsham, Tom Byrne, said yesterday that the firm intends to distribute the product across the Middle East targeting festivals and will be also aiming to sell to the American 5th fleet based in Bahrain.
Clare Spring opened its bottle plant four years ago and only came about after water diviner, Cllr PJ Kelly (FF), detected the water source with the aid of a 50c metal coat hangar.
This has resulted in a €4m windfall for the west Clare village of Lissycasey and the creation of 15 jobs.
Cllr Kelly said yesterday that he is “delighted” with the company’s deal with Bahsham.
Clare Spring Water general manager Paul Connellan, confirmed yesterday that the deal with Bahsham has the potential for Clare Spring Water to increase its workforce by a third — five full-time positions.
Mr Connellan said: “The first order with Bahsham is for 25,000 litres and Bahsham are confident they will be ordering two loads of 25,000 litres of water per month.”
Currently, 250,000 litres of water are bottled each week at the Clare plant.
