High Hampton Engages Leading Global
Greenhouse Design Firm Aurora Larssen Projects Inc. for Design and
Support of CoachellaGro Cannabis Cultivation Facility
Toronto, ON and Edmonton, AB -- July 16, 2018 --
InvestorsHub NewsWire -- High Hampton Holdings Corp.
(CSE: HC) ("High Hampton") and
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora”) (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF) (Frankfurt: 21P;
WKN: A1C4WM) are pleased to announce that High Hampton has engaged
with globally leading greenhouse engineering and design consultancy
Aurora Larssen Projects Inc. (“ALPS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Aurora, for the design of its cannabis cultivation facility at
CoachellaGro, near Palm Springs, California. With the recently
awarded Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (see High Hampton press
releases from May 3 and June 7, 2018), High Hampton now
enters an active construction phase at CoachellaGro, and ALPS will
advise the Company on aspects of design, engineering and the
construction of greenhouse facilities.
Larssen Ltd (“Larssen”), now ALPS, was acquired by Aurora as a
dedicated greenhouse design and consulting arm for its global
operations. Led by renowned greenhouse engineer Thomas Larssen,
ALPS has set the industry standard in high-tech, automated,
environmentally controlled greenhouses for over 30 years and excels
in the successful implementation of cutting-edge automation
features, and proprietary design characteristics that generate
exceptional yields, as well as the use of advanced energy efficient
materials and technologies. Larssen has been involved with over
1,000 projects around the globe, including Aurora Sky, a
high-technology, 800,000 square feet, 100,000 kg per annum, low
production cost hybrid facility, and is currently engaged with over
15 cannabis industry clients globally, including 5 Canadian
licensed producers.
David E. Argudo, CEO/Director of High Hampton, commented, “As we
near the start of construction in Coachella, we continue to
assemble a best-in-class team for this next phase. By engaging and
integrating the work of ALPS with Infrastructure Engineers Ltd and
general contractor Vertical Construction Inc. we will be able to
finetune our design plans ensuring the construction of
highly-efficient cultivation facilities, resulting in high-quality,
low-cost production. We are looking forward to working closely with
ALPS and strongly believe that our operation will greatly benefit
from their experience and technological advancements.”
Terry Booth, CEO of Aurora Cannabis, stated, “ALPS continues to
expand its footprint as the designer of choice for highly
automated, hyper-efficient, low production cost cannabis facilities
around the world. The differences between a typical glass house and
what will be the ALPS-designed CoachellaGro facility are numerous
and significant. CoachellaGro is better described as an
environmentally controlled indoor grow operation with supplemental
sun.”
Thomas Larssen, President of ALPS, added, “The Coachella team
are well organized and have chosen a proven, efficient design,
taking advantage of the world’s best suppliers of cultivation
equipment. Eliminating the risk of weather, disease and pests,
combined with strict environmental controls, has been proven time
and time again to provide substantially higher yields and
consistently high-quality product. We look forward to working with
the team in developing this exciting new project.”
About Aurora
Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, with funded capacity in
excess of 430,000 kg per year and sales and operations in 14
countries across five continents, Aurora is one of the world’s
largest and leading cannabis companies. Aurora is vertically
integrated and horizontally diversified across every key segment of
the value chain, from facility engineering and design to cannabis
breeding and genetics research, cannabis and hemp production,
derivatives, high value-add product development, home cultivation,
wholesale and retail distribution. Aurora, from day one of its
existence, has been steadfast in its respect for the cannabis
community, the culture and its pioneers, as well as has been a
strong supporter of and advocate for access to cannabis.
Highly differentiated from its peers, Aurora has established a
uniquely advanced, consistent and efficient production strategy,
based on purpose-built facilities that integrate leading-edge
technologies across all processes. Intended to be replicable and
scalable globally, these production facilities are designed to
produce cannabis of significant scale, with high quality,
industry-leading yields, and ultra-low per gram production costs.
Each of Aurora’s facilities is built to meet European Union (EU)
GMP standards, and both its first production facility and its
wholly owned European medical cannabis distributor Pedanios have
achieved this level of certification.
In addition to our rapid organic growth to over 1000 employees
world-wide, and strong execution on strategic M&A, which to
date includes nine companies acquired - CanvasRX, Peloton
Pharmaceutical, Pedanios, H2 Biopharma, Urban Cultivator, BC
Northern Lights, Larssen, CanniMed Therapeutics, and Anandia Labs -
Aurora is distinguished by its reputation as a partner of choice
and employer of choice in the global cannabis sector, having
invested in and established strategic partnerships with a range of
leading innovators, including: The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings
Ltd. (TSX: TGOD), Radient Technologies Inc. (TSXV: RTI), Hempco
Food and Fiber Inc. (TSXV: HEMP), Cann Group Ltd. (ASX: CAN),
Micron Waste Technologies Inc. (CSE: MWM), Choom Holdings Inc.
(CSE: CHOO), Namaste Technologies Inc. (TSXV: N), Evio Beauty Group
(private), and Alcanna Inc. (TSX: CLIQ).
Aurora's Common Shares trade on the TSX under the symbol "ACB",
and are a constituent of the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
For more information about Aurora, please visit our investor
website investor.auroramj.com.
About High Hampton
High Hampton Holdings Corp. is a cannabis sector investment
company focused on opportunities in California. The Company's
wholly owned subsidiary, CoachellaGro Corp., is a California
corporation focused on the development of their 254,000 sq ft.
greenhouse facility situated in the cannabis industrial park
located in Coachella, California. CoachellaGro has received a
conditional use permit (CUP) for development of a full-service
production facility in order to serve third party state licensed
medicinal marijuana operators. The City of Coachella has been
progressive in setting up city ordinance that sets aside over 90
acres within which will be a legal framework for the cultivation,
production, extraction and transportation of cannabis. The complex
is intended to contain all the necessary; security, infrastructure,
equipment, labour and skilled management, supplies and ancillary
services for a closed loop production process flow.
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