The REAL scoop on Springbank
July 1st, 2008Steve Fox, my contact from Springbank’s US importer, Preiss Imports, just spoke with Neil Clapperton, managing director for Springbank. I just spoke with Steve. Here’s a more clear and concise explanation of what Springbank is doing and why.
Springbank is closing down for approximately six months until January, when they plan to start back up again. When they do, it will be two shifts per day, not the maxed out three shifts per day as they’ve been doing. They are calling it an extended outage, so we will leave it at that. Also, seven people are being made redundant.
The reason behind the temporary shutdown?
- Work on a boiler and other maintenance issues
- They have been producing more than their projected sales growth
- Limiting warehouse space
- A desire to grow at a gradual pace
- Drastically increased price for barley and fuel
And I was told that all those rumors of Springbank being up for sale are false.
So, we can now put all this behind us and find something else to obsess over.
And there is some good news here too. A Springbank 18 year old is slated to be released early in 2009! Something to look forward to.
