2 minute read - 3rd May 2023
Radnor Hills completes multi-million pound expansion
Following a multi-million pound site investment, soft drinks company Radnor Hills has opened its expanded facilities in Powys, mid Wales. The investment has been used to build new production facilities and a quality assurance laboratory as well as to create a new £2.5m state-of-the-art office complex for staff and a conference facility from an old agricultural building on the site.
Upgrades have been made to a number of lines in the factory including a new £750,000 labeller and conveyer system. A £4.5m glass line investment has been completed in three phases, which includes the ability to produce cardboard cluster packs for retailers. Another £1.5m has been invested in an additional filler for a PET line and £750,000 has been spent on a new steam system.
Radnor Hills has completed a multi-million pound expansion programme at its factory in Wales / Picture: Radnor Hills
Radnor’s diverse portfolio of drinks are all made using pure Welsh spring water sourced from the family farm’s land, just minutes from the production line for maximum freshness.
Independent and family owned, Radnor Hills, which was established in 1990 and has a turnover of £58m (up from £41m in 2021), produces over 400 million drinks every year. Its brands include Radnor Water, Radnor Splash, Heartsease Farm, Radnor Fizz and Radnor Fruits.
It is the only drinks manufacturer in the UK to produce drinks on site in all four packaging formats – glass, can, PET plastic and Tetra Pak. Customers include Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons, as well as the NHS and schools across the country.
William Watkins, founder and managing director of Radnor, said: “These are exciting times for Radnor Hills and we’re delighted to have the support of the Welsh Government. We are committed to ongoing investment to ensure that our facilities are world class.
“With the opening of our new office complex, we are also investing in our brilliant team of people. During the last two years, over a hundred new jobs have been created and further job opportunities and apprenticeships are available throughout 2023, aligned with our expansion plans.
“We are also committed to environmental sustainability. Radnor is a zero to landfill site and our environmental management system and site have been certified to ISO 14001 standards. We’ve recently received planning permission for a £1.8 million solar farm to power our manufacturing site. This will produce two megawatts of power which is 21% of the company’s energy requirement and will support our pledge to the planet to become more sustainable and to protect the environment around us.”