Industry | Drink industry |
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Founded | 1964 |
Founder | S. S. Neuman |
Headquarters | Airdrie, Scotland |
Parent | ThaiBev |
Inver House Distillers Ltd. is a Scotch whisky distiller, based in Airdrie, Scotland. The company is a subsidiary of ThaiBev, one of the largest alcoholic-beverage companies in Southeast Asia.
Inver House Distillers owns and operates five whisky distilleries: Balblair distillery, Balmenach distillery, Pulteney distillery Knockdhu distillery, and Speyburn distillery, and sells blended whisky under the Hankey Bannister brand.
The company was established in 1964 as a subsidiary of the American company, Publicker Industries of Philadelphia. Publicker Industries had successfully launched Inver House Rare, a brand of blended Scotch whisky in 1956. However, as a result of industry demand, there were not sufficient stocks to meet sales. [1]
Under the chairmanship of Mr S. S. Neuman, a site was acquired at Airdrie in March 1964, and a fully integrated complex was constructed, including Glenflagler malt distillery and Garnheath grain distillery . [1]
Following the death of the founder, there was a period of decline in the fortunes of the company. [1]
In 1979, Standard Brands acquired Inver House from Publicker. [2] The operations became the subject of a management buyout in January 1988. [1] The company was then sold by the management to become a wholly owned subsidiary of International Beverage Holdings (InterBev), the international arm of Singapore-listed Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev) in 2006. [3]
Inver House beverage brands include: [4]
Scotch whisky:
Single malt Scotch whisky: anCnoc, Balblair, Old Pulteney, Speyburn
Blended Scotch whisky: Hankey Bannister
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