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Independent Stave Company, a Missouri-based barrel maker, purchased Brown-Forman's Louisville cooperage for $13.66 million.

Brown-Forman closed the cooperage in April as part of a cost-cutting and reinvestment strategy, laying off over 200 employees.

The sale follows Brown-Forman's strategy of outsourcing barrel production and optimizing its wood supply chain.

A Missouri-based barrel making company has taken over the Louisville cooperage long-operated by Brown-Forman .

Kentucky Cooperage Investments LLC bought the 16-acre property at 402 MacLean Ave. on May 2, deed records show. The newly created business is a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company , which owns stave mills and cooperages across the country and internationally.

However, the company has no curr

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