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Matt Bryan

Commemorative Irn Bru bottles dedicated to Lanarkshire town as production plant celebrates 25 years

A Lanarkshire town has been labelled in a limited number of commemorative Irn Bru bottles.

The famous Scottish drink has given special acknowledgement to Cumbernauld, where its manufacturer AG Barr is based.

The company is celebrating 25 years of producing Irn Bru at their headquarters just off Westfield Road in the town.

Here, also hosts the juice's production facility and distribution centre.

To commemorate the occasion, AG Barr has produced a limited run of 500 Irn Bru bottles with a special labelling acknowledging their 25-year history in Cumbernauld.

The commemorative label celebrates 25 years of the Lanarkshire facility (Lanarkshire Live)

However, these bottles are only being made available to AG Barr staff at the Cumbernauld facility.

They appear with the year 1996 printed above 'Cumbernauld' named on a tartan label and the words 'Twenty Five Years'.

Barr's opened their Cumbernauld site in 1996, followed by the closure of their Parkhead factory in 2007, and now operating at just one other location in Scotland, their Strathmore water brand which is produced in Forfar.

Over the last 25 years, AG Barr has contributed to Cumbernauld's economy, supported employment opportunities, donated to numerous community groups and charities, and undertaken staff volunteering and litter picking in the local area.

AG Barr has also positively put Cumbernauld on the map for many people, with the business welcoming VIPs and dignitaries to the town over the years.

Earlier this year HM The Queen and Prince William, Earl of Strathearn, visited the AG Barr site in Cumbernauld, with many local residents turning out to welcome the royal visitors.

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