Scottish Malt Distillers
1914 Scottish Malt Distillers Limited was established by the amalgamation of five Lowland malt whisky distillers: The Clydesdale Distillery Company Limited, Wishaw; A. and J. Dawson Limited, Linlithgow; Glenkinchie Distillery, The Rosebank Distillery Limited, Falkirk and William Young and Co Limited, Burntisland. The company was registered with capital of £300,000.[1]
1925 Acquired by Distillers Co in a move to tackle over production of malt whisky[2]
1988 Name changed to United Malt and Grain Distillers Ltd
1998 Renamed UDV Distilling Ltd
2001 Renamed Guinness United Distillers and Vintners Distilling Ltd
2002 Renamed Diageo Distilling Ltd