Производитель напитков Norbev увеличил выручку на 10% в 2025 году, несмотря на рост административных расходов

Ballymena soft drinks firm Norbev, which has evolved from a regional bottler into one of the UK and Ireland’s most important contract beverage manufacturers, posted a 10% increase in sales in 2025, its latest accounts show. The company, which can trace its roots back more than a century to 1919, saw sales fizz up to £48.9 million from £44.3 million previously as it continued its relationships with established customers and improved operational efficiencies. As well as producing branded and private‑label beverages for global clients, Norbev’s Railway Street factory also provides carbonated and still soft drinks, water, juices, mixers, high juice cordials, food supplements, isotonic drinks, and energy drinks. Its facility operates three high‑capacity bottling lines, with formats from 200ml to 2 litres, and multiple packaging options including multi-packs, shrink‑wrap and tray palletisation. Its customers includes Aldi, Suntory, Talking Rain and Capri Sun, and it exports 98% of its products to markets outside Northern Ireland, including Britain, the Republic and the Netherlands, as well as to the US. But while Norbev’s sales rose last year, its pre-tax profit dipped from £4m to £2.7m, which the accounts suggest was due in the main to its administrative expenses doubling from £2.5m to £5m. On a bottom-line basis the company retained just over £2m, which pushed up its overall net assets to £10.7m. Over the trading year its staff numbers increased by 15 to 109, made up of 70 in production and the remainder in administration. Its total wages bill jumped from £4.8m to £5.5m, though the highest-paid of its directors took a hefty salary cut of £100,000 to £281,000. Norbev, formerly known as Northern Bottlers, says its vision is to be the most trusted soft drinks manufacturing partner, supporting its customers by delivering excellence in soft drinks manufacturing and end-to-end supply chain services.