Distillers Company Limited
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The Distillers Company Limited was a company formed in 1877 by a combination of six Scotch whisky distilleries: Macfarlane & Co., John Bald & Co. John Haig & Co, MacNab Bros & Co, Robert Mowbray and Stewart & Co. This company was born out of a trade association called the Scotch Distillers’ Association formed in 1865.

It was acquired by Guinness in 1986, forming United Distillers, and is now part of Diageo.

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Subsidiaries

A list of 41 subsidiaries of the Distillers Company as of 22 July 1980:

  1. Ainslie & Heilbron (Distillers) Ltd, Glasgow
  2. Baird-Taylor Ltd, Glasgow
  3. John Begg Ltd, Glasgow
  4. Benmore Distilleries Ltd, Glasgow
  5. J.A. Bertram & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  6. John Bisset & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  7. James Buchanan a Co. Ltd, London
  8. Bulloch Lade & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  9. Geo. Cowie & Son Ltd, Dufftown
  10. John Crabbie & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  11. Craighall Bonding Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  12. A. & A. Crawford Ltd, Edinburgh
  13. Daniel Crawford & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  14. The Distillers Agency Ltd, South Queens-ferry
  15. Peter Dawson Ltd, Glasgow
  16. John Dewar & Sons Ltd, Perth
  17. A. Ferguson & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  18. Donald Fisher Ltd, Edinburgh
  19. John Gillon & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  20. Wm. Greer & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  21. John Haig & Co. Ltd, Fife
  22. J. & W. Hardie Ltd, Edinburgh
  23. J. & R. Harvey & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  24. John Hopkins & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  25. Low Robertson & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  26. W.P. Lowrie & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  27. Macdonald Greenlees Ltd, Edinburgh
  28. Macleay Duff (Distillers) Ltd, Glasgow
  29. D. & J. McCallum Ltd, Edinburgh
  30. John McEwan & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
  31. Mitchell Bros. Ltd, Glasgow
  32. Jas. Munro & Son Ltd, Edinburgh
  33. John Robertson & Son Ltd, Edinburgh
  34. Wm. Sanderson & Son Ltd, Edinburgh
  35. Slater, Rodger & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
  36. J. & G. Stewart Ltd, Edinburgh
  37. R.H. Thomson & Co. (Distillers) Ltd, Edinburgh
  38. John Walker & Sons Ltd, London
  39. James Watson & Co. Ltd, Dundee
  40. White Horse Distillers Ltd, Glasgow
  41. Wright & Greig Ltd, Glasgow

Pharmaceuticals

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At one time, Distillers' subsidiary Distillers Biochemicals was involved in the pharmaceutical industry. Most notably, Distillers was responsible for the manufacture of the drug Thalidomide in the United Kingdom[1].

See also

References

  1. ^ (8 December 2005). "Historic Agreement Secures Financial Future for Thalidomide Survivors". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.

External links

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