Ingen info från Springbank ännu! Vi sitter ju här och väntar ...
Men detta gick att läsa i en lokaltidning idag.
Springbank i malpåse
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ardbeg67
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Senast redigerad av ardbeg67 den fre jun 27, 2008 10:12 am, redigerad totalt 1 gång.
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Reasoner
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ardbeg67 skrev:Ingen info från Springbank ännu! Vi sitter ju här och väntar ...
Men detta gick att läsa i en lokaltidning idag.
Vi får nog invänta att klockan blir 12 iallafall.. då har jag på känn att det kommer nån information!
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MacNilsson
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Info från banken
As a consequence of the continuing instability of basic raw material prices, which
have doubled within the last year, the management of J & A Mitchell and Company
Ltd. have decided to cut back the production of new spirit at their Springbank and
Glengyle Distilleries until prices settle. The state of the materials market will be
kept under continuous review.
The opportunity will be taken to carry out necessary maintenance work and create
the increased warehousing accommodation required for future development. In the
short term there will however, regrettably, be a few staff redundancies. There will
be no impact on the availability of bottled Springbank whisky or the Kilkerran
whisky from its Glengyle Distillery as the Company has ample stocks of young
maturing whisky which will enable it to continue supplying its home and export
markets as normal.
Chairman
J & A Mitchell and Company Ltd.
As a consequence of the continuing instability of basic raw material prices, which
have doubled within the last year, the management of J & A Mitchell and Company
Ltd. have decided to cut back the production of new spirit at their Springbank and
Glengyle Distilleries until prices settle. The state of the materials market will be
kept under continuous review.
The opportunity will be taken to carry out necessary maintenance work and create
the increased warehousing accommodation required for future development. In the
short term there will however, regrettably, be a few staff redundancies. There will
be no impact on the availability of bottled Springbank whisky or the Kilkerran
whisky from its Glengyle Distillery as the Company has ample stocks of young
maturing whisky which will enable it to continue supplying its home and export
markets as normal.
Chairman
J & A Mitchell and Company Ltd.
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Thomas K
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Reasoner skrev:Vi får nog invänta att klockan blir 12 iallafall.. då har jag på känn att det kommer nån information!
Se pressreleasen under leverantörsinfo.
Informationen är begränsad men kontentan är att det med nuvarande spannmålspriser etc blir för dyrt att producera och därefter vänta 10-15 år (eller längre om ni får välja) innan payback.
Med tanke på deras förhållandevis stora lager av ung whisky på fat ser inte Springbank någon framtida risk med att göra ett tillfälligt produktionsuppehåll. Tvärtom hoppas de att detta ska stärka deras långsiktiga överlevnad. Eller som de uttryckte det, det är bättre att ta ett tufft beslut idag än ett förödande i framtiden. Dessutom ges de möjlighet att under tiden genomföra en mycket välbehövling restaurering av destilleriet.
Tråkigast är detta naturligtvis för den del av produktionspersonalen som permitteras.
Thomas
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MacNilsson
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Såg ni detta på whiskymags forum? Lite lugnande tycker jag......men å andra sidan, ska de vänta på att oljepriserna går ner så lär det dröja innan man vispar sås på Springbank igen
Hasse
Guys I live in Campbeltown, and have just spoken to one of Springbanks Directors.
He informs me that costs have indeed risen over the past year.
Light oil was 40p a ltr now 80.16p
Barley was £125 a ton now £250
They are to start building new warehouses on Glebe St, they have already
started refurbishing old buildings on that street.
He states that they will start producing next year, albeit with a smaller staff
The total staff redundancies were Seven, the duty rise has nothing to do with cut back in distilling. As usual local rag prints gossip!
The company felt it unfair to talk to anyone,until staff knew of decisions.
bottling hall, etc working as normal.
He states that his and the companies priority after making one of the worlds finest Malt Whiskies, was keeping the company a private family business and out of the hands of the big corps! As they have managed for over 180 years!
Good enough for us locals!
Hasse
Guys I live in Campbeltown, and have just spoken to one of Springbanks Directors.
He informs me that costs have indeed risen over the past year.
Light oil was 40p a ltr now 80.16p
Barley was £125 a ton now £250
They are to start building new warehouses on Glebe St, they have already
started refurbishing old buildings on that street.
He states that they will start producing next year, albeit with a smaller staff
The total staff redundancies were Seven, the duty rise has nothing to do with cut back in distilling. As usual local rag prints gossip!
The company felt it unfair to talk to anyone,until staff knew of decisions.
bottling hall, etc working as normal.
He states that his and the companies priority after making one of the worlds finest Malt Whiskies, was keeping the company a private family business and out of the hands of the big corps! As they have managed for over 180 years!
Good enough for us locals!
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MacNilsson
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Intressant läsning i Sunday Herald
Campbeltown set to run dry as price of making whisky gets grim
Oldest family-owned company blames rising costs, but experts say move ‘at odds’ with rest of industry By Peter John Meiklem
Comment
IN A move that has surprised experts across Scotland, the family-owned company that runs the nation's oldest independent distillery has decided to stop making whisky.
The Springbank and Glengyle distilleries - one of the last three remaining facilities in the once-famous whisky-making area of Campbeltown on the west coast of Scotland - stopped distilling the spirit that is used to make the malt whiskies Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn on Friday.
Owners J and A Mitchell said the rocketing cost of fuel, transport and barley had forced them into calling a halt to distillation of spirit for a period of up to two years, in the hope that the cost of the raw materials used to make whisky will eventually come down and allow the company to start distilling again.
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However, Campbell Evans, of the Scottish Whisky Association, branded the decision "unusual", saying it was "at odds" with the industry trend of increasing production to meet the demands of the expanding Indian, Chinese and South American markets.
As a result of the decision, seven members of the company's 42 staff have been made redundant in a mixture of voluntary and compulsory packages. Kate Wright, the company's sales and marketing officer, said staff were "shell- shocked" by the announcement, which was made on Friday.
She said: "Most of the staff have been here for 10 to 15 years, so this was not a decision that has been taken lightly. But simply put, the costs of the raw materials we use has risen too quickly for a small company such as ourselves. I would not be surprised if other distilleries were in the same boat.
"The distillery has been in the family for 180 years, and the most important thing for us is that we continue to be an independent, family-owned company," she added.
Wright pointed towards the price of barley as an example. Barley - which is one of the three main ingredients used in making whisky - has almost trebled in price over the past three years, from around £85 a tonne in 2005 to around the £200 a tonne figure this year. The high price of oil - used to fuel the distillation process - was another crucial factor, she added.
As the Springbank malt whisky takes a minimum of seven years to mature, she said the maximum length of time the distillery could go on without producing spirit and remain commercially unaffected was two years.
In a statement, the company said supplies to the domestic market and the overseas export market, which accounts for 90% of the whisky the company produces, would continue as normal.
Evans said he was surprised by the decision. He said: "I don't think there is a big problem for small distillers. The Kilchoman farm distillery on Islay has just doubled its capacity. We are seeing unprecedented investment in the industry; £400 million is scheduled between 2007 and 2010, and that is the money we know about. This decision seems to be at odds with the direction the rest of the industry is going in."
Mark Reynier, managing director of the Bruichladdich distillery on Islay, said it was an "odd decision from a very odd bunch of people".
He said: "They are not like other businesses. Maybe they decided they just could not be bothered."
Reynier said the high cost of barley and fuel had impacted on his distillery. For the past six years they had increased the amount of spirit they distil. This year they had kept the amount constant at 700,000 litres of raw spirit. Springbank is a far smaller operation, producing only 150,000 litres of spirit a year.
The Springbank distillery, with its sister operation the Glengyle distillery, which was opened in 2004, is the oldest independent family-owned distillery in Scotland.
It was founded in 1828 on the site of an illicit still owned by an Archibald Mitchell. The distillery is now owned by his great-great-grandson, Hedley G Wright.
Campbeltown set to run dry as price of making whisky gets grim
Oldest family-owned company blames rising costs, but experts say move ‘at odds’ with rest of industry By Peter John Meiklem
Comment
IN A move that has surprised experts across Scotland, the family-owned company that runs the nation's oldest independent distillery has decided to stop making whisky.
The Springbank and Glengyle distilleries - one of the last three remaining facilities in the once-famous whisky-making area of Campbeltown on the west coast of Scotland - stopped distilling the spirit that is used to make the malt whiskies Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn on Friday.
Owners J and A Mitchell said the rocketing cost of fuel, transport and barley had forced them into calling a halt to distillation of spirit for a period of up to two years, in the hope that the cost of the raw materials used to make whisky will eventually come down and allow the company to start distilling again.
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However, Campbell Evans, of the Scottish Whisky Association, branded the decision "unusual", saying it was "at odds" with the industry trend of increasing production to meet the demands of the expanding Indian, Chinese and South American markets.
As a result of the decision, seven members of the company's 42 staff have been made redundant in a mixture of voluntary and compulsory packages. Kate Wright, the company's sales and marketing officer, said staff were "shell- shocked" by the announcement, which was made on Friday.
She said: "Most of the staff have been here for 10 to 15 years, so this was not a decision that has been taken lightly. But simply put, the costs of the raw materials we use has risen too quickly for a small company such as ourselves. I would not be surprised if other distilleries were in the same boat.
"The distillery has been in the family for 180 years, and the most important thing for us is that we continue to be an independent, family-owned company," she added.
Wright pointed towards the price of barley as an example. Barley - which is one of the three main ingredients used in making whisky - has almost trebled in price over the past three years, from around £85 a tonne in 2005 to around the £200 a tonne figure this year. The high price of oil - used to fuel the distillation process - was another crucial factor, she added.
As the Springbank malt whisky takes a minimum of seven years to mature, she said the maximum length of time the distillery could go on without producing spirit and remain commercially unaffected was two years.
In a statement, the company said supplies to the domestic market and the overseas export market, which accounts for 90% of the whisky the company produces, would continue as normal.
Evans said he was surprised by the decision. He said: "I don't think there is a big problem for small distillers. The Kilchoman farm distillery on Islay has just doubled its capacity. We are seeing unprecedented investment in the industry; £400 million is scheduled between 2007 and 2010, and that is the money we know about. This decision seems to be at odds with the direction the rest of the industry is going in."
Mark Reynier, managing director of the Bruichladdich distillery on Islay, said it was an "odd decision from a very odd bunch of people".
He said: "They are not like other businesses. Maybe they decided they just could not be bothered."
Reynier said the high cost of barley and fuel had impacted on his distillery. For the past six years they had increased the amount of spirit they distil. This year they had kept the amount constant at 700,000 litres of raw spirit. Springbank is a far smaller operation, producing only 150,000 litres of spirit a year.
The Springbank distillery, with its sister operation the Glengyle distillery, which was opened in 2004, is the oldest independent family-owned distillery in Scotland.
It was founded in 1828 on the site of an illicit still owned by an Archibald Mitchell. The distillery is now owned by his great-great-grandson, Hedley G Wright.
Senast redigerad av MacNilsson den sön jun 29, 2008 11:15 am, redigerad totalt 1 gång.
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whiskynight
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Hej,
Det senaste jag hort om Springbank
ar att de endast ska ha stangt till
januari , personalen ska jobba med att
bygga ut lagerbyggnaderna.
Mvh Valter
Det senaste jag hort om Springbank
ar att de endast ska ha stangt till
januari , personalen ska jobba med att
bygga ut lagerbyggnaderna.
Mvh Valter
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mejparn
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whiskynight skrev:Hej,
Det senaste jag hort om Springbank
ar att de endast ska ha stangt till
januari , personalen ska jobba med att
bygga ut lagerbyggnaderna.
Mvh Valter
Låter ju bra!
Kan ju alltid hoppas att det stämmer!
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tommbjor
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mejparn skrev:Låter ju bra!
Kan ju alltid hoppas att det stämmer!
Passade på att besöka Cadenhead i London vid en snabbvisit i storstaden. Riktigt som nämns, man betraktar inte "stoppet" nu som malpåsestruktur. Man har helt enkelt valt att inte producera mer detta år utom lite i september för att fylla lite sherryfat (om jag fattade det hela rätt). Sedan får man se i nästa år när det sätter igång.
Två destilleringsanställda fick "sluta" i och med detta, en av dessa var 60 år och gick tydligen i pension. den andra börjar och jobba när det är dax.
Sedan var det tydligen fyra som jobbade men inte hörde till Springbank (inhyrda, tillfälliga jobbare?) som också fick sluta, dessa verkade man inte känns något socialt ansvar för så detta upplevedes inte som problematiskt.
Som ni förstår är det mina uppfattningar och tolkningar som jag skriver om ovan men helt klart så ser amn det bara som ett stopp för detta år med tillverkningen. Med andra ord inga hål i årstillverkning av en fantastisk god whisky..... (21-åring är referens nu...).
tommbjor
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Martin-std
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tommbjor skrev:Passade på att besöka Cadenhead i London vid en snabbvisit i storstaden. Riktigt som nämns, man betraktar inte "stoppet" nu som malpåsestruktur. Man har helt enkelt valt att inte producera mer detta år utom lite i september för att fylla lite sherryfat (om jag fattade det hela rätt). Sedan får man se i nästa år när det sätter igång.
Två destilleringsanställda fick "sluta" i och med detta, en av dessa var 60 år och gick tydligen i pension. den andra börjar och jobba när det är dax.
Sedan var det tydligen fyra som jobbade men inte hörde till Springbank (inhyrda, tillfälliga jobbare?) som också fick sluta, dessa verkade man inte känns något socialt ansvar för så detta upplevedes inte som problematiskt.
Som ni förstår är det mina uppfattningar och tolkningar som jag skriver om ovan men helt klart så ser amn det bara som ett stopp för detta år med tillverkningen. Med andra ord inga hål i årstillverkning av en fantastisk god whisky..... (21-åring är referens nu...).
tommbjor
Det låter ju lovande. Hoppas att det stämmer och att de snart är igång igen.