A HISTORIC malting company is to increase its capacity in Scotland by 50 per cent in £12 million expansion plans.
Boortmalt said the investment to expand its malting facility in Buckie, Morayshire, will support the growing demand for malt in whisky distilling and brewing.
Belgian-based Boortmalt operates in the UK as Pauls Malt, based in Bury St Edmunds, East Anglia, which is described as one of the oldest malting family businesses in the UK dating back to the 19th century.
It has run its malting facility in Buckie since 1974 and employs 24 at the Scottish site, where it sources barley and sells its product locally, with the majority of its malt being delivered into Speyside.
READ MORE: Crime fighting Scottish tech firm raises £5m ahead of global expansion push
Boortmalt recently announced a new long-term supply agreement to buy malting barley direct from the Banff and Moray Grain Group. Under the agreement, Boortmalt will contract directly with the group to assure supply to its maltings in Buckie.
Charles Tozer, general manager UK and Ireland at Boortmalt, said: “We pride ourselves on working alongside each distiller and brewer to offer them the malt they need for style of beer or whisky. We are excited for what the future holds after significantly expanding our production capacity.”
Yvan Schaepman, chief executive of Boortmalt Group, said: “This significant investment into our malting facilities in Buckie is a signal of our confidence in the future of the market and recent performance of our customer base. The new capacity will allow us to increase production and do so in a more sustainable manner.”
The investment will also positively impact Boortmalt’s sustainability credentials with increased capacity reducing the distance malt and barley will be transported, helping to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. A new, modern kiln brings its own benefits to energy efficiency with more economical burner technology being installed.
Boortmalt says it is a world-leading malting company with three million tonnes of production capacity. The group is present on five continents with 27 malting plants and it is claimed “Boortmalt’s expertise is widely acknowledged by brewers and distillers who rely on the supply of top-quality barley malt”.
The Buckie expansion is already under way and scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2021.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel