Food & Drink

OUR CLIENT

Founded on docks of the River Clyde in Glasgow in 1844. Whyte & Mackay has retained its founders’ pioneering spirit for over 170 years.

Proud of it’s heritage, passionate about it’s history, its people and most of all it’s award winning Whisky.

The company sells single malt and blended scotch whiskies, liqueurs and vodkas. Their brands include the Whyte and Mackay blends; Dalmore Jura, Fettercairn single malts; Glayva; and Vladivar Vodka.

PROJECT DETAILS

Watermiser were commissioned to design, manufacture and install a new GRP cooling tower complete with fan silencers and high level access platform, to replace the aging structural timber tower at the Invergordon Grain Distillery site.

Having previously installed galvanised and painted cooling towers, the engineers onsite had seen at first hand the problems that occur when using materials not suitable for the aggressive nature of cooling tower water treatment chemicals, and therefore liked the idea of using a GRP cooling tower that would be completely inert to any type of water treatment chemical they choose to use.

A site visit to the nearby Glenmorangie Distillery to see the existing Watermiser GRP cooling towers operate, convinced the engineering team at Whyte & MacKay that the Watermiser GRP cooling towers being offered were the best cooling towers for the job.

Our Client

Chivas Bros is the global leader in luxury Scotch whisky. Part of Pernod Ricard, the world’s co-leader in wine and spirits, Chivas Bros operate 32 sites across the UK. Watermiser has been working with the company since 2007 and continues to provide spares to maintenance companies working in Chivas Bros distilleries.

Project Details

Watermiser was originally asked to provide a cooling tower for Chivas Bros headquarters in Paisley. Following discussions, this later changed to a dry air cooler which Watermiser identified as more accurately meeting the customer’s needs. Assisting Chivas Brothers in the safe removal and disposal of their existing cooling tower, we supplied a new dry air cooler sized and designed to meet their specific process needs.

Our Client

Nestle UK is a major player in Britain’s food industry, producing many high profile brands such as Kit Kat, Nescafe and Smarties, and exporting to over 50 countries worldwide. Watermiser has been working with the company for many years, carrying our works at several of their UK sites.

Project Details

The existing cooling towers at Nestle’s Girvan site required new eliminators. Watermiser manufactured and installed two complete sets of eliminators, which would fit perfectly with the existing towers. We also carried out our own disinfections on the system to allow works to progress.

Our Client

Diageo PLC is the world’s leading premium drinks business, with a wide collection of spirits, beer and wine brands. Formed in 1997 following a merger, Watermiser had previously worked on several of the sites acquired in the merger. We have supplied spares and towers through the various companies under the Diageo group for many years.

Project Details

Diageo commissioned Watermiser to replace an existing timber tower at their Elgin site. The job involved design, manufacture and installation of a GRP Forced Draught cooling tower, complete with deep base tank and an high level access platform.

Our Client

Watermiser first started working with Coca Cola in 1999, when we supplied replacement parts for cooling towers at their East Kilbride site. Since 2004 we have held the contract to inspect, clean and maintain all cooling towers at this site.

Project Details

With the aim of reducing maintenance costs and improving efficiency at their East Kilbride site, Coca Cola commissioned Watermiser to replace their existing induced draught type cooling towers with new Watermiser GRP forced draught cooling towers. We provided total project management throughout the process, from safely removing the existing towers, to the design, manufacture and installation of the two new towers, complete with high level support steelwork and baseframes.