CHIVAS BROTHERS INVESTS IN SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF SCOTCH WITH £88 MILLION EXPANSION OF ABERLOUR AND MILTONDUFF DISTILLERIES
CHIVAS BROTHERS, THE SCOTCH WHISKY BUSINESS OF PERNOD RICARD, TODAY ANNOUNCED A £88 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO ABERLOUR AND MILTONDUFF, TWO OF ITS STRATEGIC SINGLE MALT DISTILLERIES. THE INVESTMENT WILL GO INTO UPGRADING SUSTAINABLE DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIES AT THE SPEYSIDE DISTILLERIES ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION CAPACITY EXPANSIONS TO MEET THE GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR SCOTCH.
The distillery expansions will develop Chivas Brothers’ complete manufacturing by 14 million litres of alcohol every year. The funding is additional affirmation of Chivas Brothers’ dedication to Scotland and a testomony to the rising world demand for Scotch whisky which has seen exports enhance throughout all areas, with market features in Latin America, Center East, Africa and Asia. In its Half 12 months ends in February, Chivas Brothers introduced a web gross sales enhance of +23%, confirming the corporate’s restoration to past pre-Covid ranges.
The distillery expansions will even serve to speed up Chivas Brothers’ formidable aim of reaching carbon impartial distillation by 2026 with the set up of latest bio vegetation and high-efficiency Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) fan expertise for pot nonetheless distillation throughout each websites. This mechanism allows a serious vitality restoration by compressing the vapor which then rises in temperature and is distributed again to warmth the stills in the course of the distillation course of. Final yr, the corporate introduced plans to roll out MVR expertise throughout all viable websites in its distillery portfolio by 2026 following a groundbreaking pilot research at its Glentauchers distillery which resulted in vitality reductions of 90% on a single pot nonetheless there.
Jean-Etienne Gourgues, Chairman and CEO of Chivas Brothers stated:
“Scotch has demonstrated its resilience as a class over the previous few difficult years and within the course of has opened new avenues for progress. This growth will permit us to extend our quantity to capitalise on the elevated demand and curiosity in Scotch, but in addition helps our drive to cut back emissions in step with our sustainability ambitions. We’re as soon as once more betting huge on the way forward for Scotch so we are able to herald new customers to the class and proceed to form a sustainable way forward for whisky.”
The Aberlour distillery, which has been producing whisky since 1879 will see its manufacturing capability double to 7.8 million litres of alcohol every year. This extra capability will help the accelerating world demand for the cult favorite Scotch which continues to be the best-selling single malt whisky in France and has made vital features throughout Asia. The distillery will even endure a major facelift with an upgraded customer centre which is able to draw extra whisky followers to the realm and enhance native tourism. A brand new nonetheless home will probably be outfitted with massive home windows offering guests with views into the close by woods and the River Spey; the water supply for the spirit.
Miltonduff’s growth will encompass a model new state-of-the-art sustainable distillery constructed subsequent to the prevailing facility. The distillery, which is able to embody a bio plant and evaporator, will add 10 million litres of alcohol every year to the whole manufacturing capability. Miltonduff single malt is among the foundations of Ballantine’s blends and is a key part of different blended whiskies within the Chivas Brothers portfolio. This elevated capability will additional speed up Ballantine’s tempo of progress which in HY22 outcomes noticed world gross sales rise by +29%, fuelled by a spread of latest expressions.
Secretary of State for Worldwide Commerce, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, stated:
“Scotch Whisky is a UK exporting success story and this good news will see a number of the finest merchandise made in Scotland, offered to the World – supporting jobs and financial progress and serving to us to stage up the nation.
“It’s nice to see Chivas Brothers undertake new ground-breaking vitality environment friendly expertise, serving to ship the Authorities’s Web Zero technique, and maximising export alternatives via inexperienced UK innovation.”
Each websites are anticipated to be working at full manufacturing capability by mid-2025.
