Diageo Global Supply Centre
| Diageo Global Supply Centre | |
|---|---|
 Entrance in December 2016 | |
  Location within Fife | |
| Former names | Banbeath Bottling Plant |
| General information | |
| Type | Spirits manufacturing centre |
| Architectural style | Factory |
| Address | Fife, KY8 5HD |
| Coordinates | 56°12′00″N 3°01′55″W / 56.2°N 3.032°W |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Completed | 1973 |
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Client | The Distillers Company |
| Owner | Diageo |
The Diageo Global Supply Centre is a main spirits manufacturing and bottling facility in Scotland, owned by Diageo; as well as much whisky, it bottles Smirnoff vodka.
History[edit]
The site was opened by Distillers Company Bottling Services. The Distillers £35m plant was due to be completed by 1973.[1]
A plant at Markinch closed in 1983, with bottling being moved to Banbeath, with the loss of 340 workers.[2]
In 1985 site had 1100 workers.[3] In the early 1990s the site was known as United Distillers Bottling and Blending. In 1996 it was known as the Banbeath Bottling Plant.
In 1998 Diageo closed its Scottish HQ and moved to Harlow in Essex, and a gin plant in Essex closed as well. Other spirits plants in Scotland were at the Shieldhall Plant (opened in 1979) on Renfrew Road in Glasgow.[4] and Kilmarnock (the plant closed 2012) in Ayrshire. A bottling plant on Gooseholm Road in Dumbarton closed in 2000.
Construction[edit]
The site had a large expansion in 2001 for the ready to drink production, and an £86m expansion in 2012.
Structure[edit]
The site has a small distillery. The site is Diageo's largest bottling facility.
