Allied Glass
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| Industry | Glass bottle production |
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| Founded | 1874[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Alan Henderson, CEO |
| Website | www |
Allied Glass is a British manufacturer of glass for the drinks industry, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Ownership
The company had a management buyout on 16 December 2002, funded by Close Brothers Group. In August 2010, the company was bought by Barclays Private Equity (now Equistone Partners Europe).[2] In September 2019, the company was put on the market by Close Brothers Group (CBPE). In early January 2020, the company was bought by a private equity company.[3] In November 2022, Allied Glass was sold to the Verallia Group of glassmakers, which are based in France.[1]
Structure
Products
Most of the bottles that it manufactures are for the UK spirits industry, around 60% of which is for whisky. mainly Scotch whisky,[8] such as for Diageo. It also makes bottles for the mineral water industry. It produces around 600 million bottles per year.