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Highland Spring is a Scottish company that supplies natural source bottled water. The company produces still , sparkling and flavoured water at its factory in Blackford, Perth and Kinross. Despite its name, the ___location is situated outside the traditional boundaries of the Scottish Highlands. It is owned by Emirati born businessman Mahdi Al Tajir[1]
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| Country | Scotland |
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| Produced by | Highland Spring Ltd. |
| Introduced | 1979 |
| Tagline | Water As Nature Intended |
| Source | Ochil Hills |
| Type | Still, Sparkling, Flavoured |
| pH | 7.8 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 40.5 |
| Chloride (Cl) | 6.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 10.1 |
| Nitrate (NO3) | 3.1 |
| Potassium (K) | 0.7 |
| Sodium (Na) | 5.6 |
| Sulfate (SO4) | 5.3 |
| TDS | 170 |
| Website | www |
| All concentrations in milligrams per liter (mg/L); pH without units | |
Sources
editIts water is sourced from 2,500 acres of private, organic land in the Ochil Hills.[2][3]
History
editHighland Spring was incorporated in 1979, and bottled its first product in 1980.[4]
Operations
editHighland Spring produces its products from a production site in Blackford, Perth and Kinross. [1] It bottled its first product in 1980. In 2010 Highland Spring acquired a production site in Lennoxtown from Greencore which produces supermarket private-label bottled water.[4][5][6]
In 2017, Highland Spring opened a new production line which was officially opened by The Queen.[7][8]
In January 2019, Highland Spring became the first UK water brand to launch a 100% recycled PET plastic bottle.[9][10][11]
In April 2024, Highland Spring launched a flavoured water range.[12][13]
Market
editIn 2023, Highland Spring sold 404.1 million litres of Highland Spring-branded water in the United Kingdom which equates to <2% of the rainfall on the catchment area.[14]
Rail Terminal
editIn August 2022 the business opened a rail freight facility adjacent to its headquarters in Blackford which became fully operational in January 2023.[15][16]
References
edit- ^ "Sunday Times Rich List 2010: Britain's richest see wealth rise by one third". www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Natural Source". Highland Spring. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Natural Source". Highland Spring. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ a b McLaren, Rob (2024-08-27). "Highland Spring aim to double in size and create more jobs". The Courier. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Highland Spring buys Irish firm". 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Highland Spring buys Greencore's water arm". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ Reporter (2017-07-06). "In pics: Queen opens new Highland Spring factory building". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Highland Spring Production & Bottling Facility". DSSR. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Highland Spring trials UK's first 100% recycled bottle". BBC News. 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Environment – Highland Spring Group".
- ^ O’Mahony2020-03-20T10:31:00+00:00, Ash. "The rise and fall: bottled water category report 2020". The Grocer.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Highland Spring makes a fruity splash with new Flavoured Still Water range | Grocery Trader". 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ McNeill, Alastair (2024-04-05). "£10m investment at Perthshire bottling plant creates 80 new jobs". Daily Record. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "HIGHLAND SPRING LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Water bottles delivered by train in bid to reduce CO2 omitted by HGVS". 31 August 2022.
- ^ Advertiser, Perthshire (2024-09-03). "Perthshire bottling plant welcomes new Scottish Secretary". Daily Record. Retrieved 2025-05-05.