Diageo open new £40m state-of-the-art distillery & it's run by just 11 workers

on 30/09/10 at 1:09 pm

Industry, Spirits

Roseisle distillery: New facility near Burghead.

THE first major new distillery in Scotland for 30 years was opened yesterday.

The state-of-the-art Speyside plant are planning an all-out assault on the world’s whisky markets.

Whisky giant Diageo threw open the doors of the £40million distillery at Roseisle, near Burghead on the outskirts of Elgin.

The computerised facility is run by just 11 employees.

The distillery is capable of producing 12.6million litres of whisky a year.

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