Highland Spring is a Scottish company that supplies natural source bottled water. The company produces

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, 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

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. It is owned by Emirati born businessman Mahdi Al Tajir

Sources

Its water is sourced from 2,500 acres of private, organic land in the

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History

Highland Spring was incorporated in 1979, and bottled its first product in 1980.

Operations

Highland Spring produces its products from a production site in Blackford, Perth and Kinross

It bottled its first product in 1980. In 2010 Highland Spring acquired a production site in Lennoxtown from

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which produces supermarket private-label

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. In 2017, Highland Spring opened a new production line which was officially opened by The Queen. In January 2019, Highland Spring became the first UK water brand to launch a 100% recycled PET plastic bottle. In April 2024, Highland Spring launched a flavoured water range.

Market

In 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

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Rail Terminal

In August 2022 the business opened a rail freight facility adjacent to its headquarters in Blackford which became fully operational in January 2023.

References

External links

Highland Spring official site

Highland Spring Group official site
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