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    Glasson to double Scottish blending capacity

    Written by Natalie Noor-Drugan


    Glasson Fertilisers is relocating its Scottish blending operation from Cobden Street to a new plant on Barrack Road in Montrose, on Scotland’s north-east coast. The purpose-built site will double the subsidiary’s blending capacity in Scotland and is scheduled to come on stream in the first half of 2027, ahead of the 2027 spring season.

    The Montrose investment mirrors the model Glasson used at Avonmouth, where a 65,000-tonne facility at the deep-sea Port of Avonmouth was opened in July 2025 to serve South West England, southern England and South Wales.

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