Australian builder the Whiskey Project Group (TWPG) officially opened its advanced watercraft manufacturing facility in Edenton, North Carolina, on Tuesday, October 20.
Located on a 50-acre (20-hectare) waterfront site, the 60,000-square-foot (5,600-square-metre) facility will serve as TWPG’s primary US manufacturing and sustainment hub, supporting advanced aluminium and composite watercraft production engineering, maintenance and technical services.
The Edenton facility establishes a part of TWPG's dual-hub manufacturing model, connecting its US operations with established design, engineering, manufacturing and sustainment capability in Yamba, Newcastle, Australia and Picton, New Zealand.
The group said this integrated model provides additional production capacity and technical expertise across the Pacific, while enabling vessels to be manufactured, maintained, and supported closer to US customers. It also positions TWPG to better support bilateral defence operations and long-term sustainment requirements across both countries.
The Edenton facility will support the manufacture and sustainment of TWPG's Whiskey, Naiad and Vycor watercraft products, with plans to progressively expand production capacity and manufacture larger vessels as US operations grow.