Inver House Distillers is raising a glass to a fruitful year of growth following its investment in increased capacity.
Through a £10m investment, funded by Bank of Scotland, the producer of the Old Pulteney, Balblair, anCnoc and Speyburn Single Malt Scotch whisky brands has increased capacity for maturation by 20% in order to serve new international markets which include countries such as India, Kazakhstan and Poland.
Inver House currently exports to various markets mainly covering Europe, the USA, Africa and the Far East. In 2015 India proved to be a successful new market for the business where it launched Old Pulteney, Balblair and Speyburn Single Malt Scotch whiskies, and its super-premium Caorunn Gin.
The company completed the construction of 12 additional warehouses in 2015, increasing its total capacity to over 600,000 casks of whisky. An additional 20,000 have been filled and stored in these new warehouses over the past year. The new facilities have also enabled Inver House to operate more efficiently by freeing up space in the existing warehouses to move casks in and out more quickly.
The funding was also used to more than double production capacity at Speyburn distillery, which is now capable of producing 4.2 million litres of whisky per annum.
Managing Director of Inver House, Graham Stevenson (pictured), explained: “Our brands performed well in 2015, growing and laying the foundations in many new international markets. We anticipate further opportunities and this growth will be underpinned in the coming years by the increased capacity, in terms of production and maturation storage, created as part of our investment programme.”
