About the MAGB
The Maltsters' Association of Great Britain was formed in 1827, and has been working with the UK malting industry since that date. The changes within the industry can be indicated by the fact that there were about one thousand eight hundred member companies in 1827, and today there are fourteen. Todays membership represents more than 98% of the UK malting industry, which buys around 2 million tonnes of choice UK malting barley, to make about 1.6 million tonnes of malt.View article on the History of the Maltsters Association by Raymond. A. Anderson
There are three types of maltster members in the MAGB:
1) Brewer Maltsters; producing malt at maltings owned and operated by a brewing company.
2) Distiller Maltsters; producing malt at maltings owned and operated by a distilling company.
3) Sales Maltsters, producing malt to a customers needs for the brewing, distilling and food industries.
The MAGB's mission statement is:
To promote and safeguard the UK malting industry, so enabling it to fulfil its world-wide potential.
The MAGB's aims and objectives are:
1) To promote the understanding of the industry's requirements for raw materials, to ensure their quality and sufficiency of supply
2) To monitor and interpret legislation affecting the industry, and make the appropriate representations.
3) To promote and assure the safety and wholesomeness of malt.
4) To continually improve the competitiveness of the UK malting industry
5) To identify and promote the beneficial application of technology
6) To promote standards of excellence within the industry through training, examinations and best industry practice.
MEET THE MAGB SECRETARIAT
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To achieve the industry's requirements, the Association's secretariat works closely with the industry, under the guidance of an elected Chairman, and through a series of formal committees, which involve representatives elected from the member companies.
Those committees are:
i) The Executive Committee, consisting of senior executives from the industry, which oversees the operation of the Association.
ii) The Trade Committee charged with the task of dealing with any issues relating to Barley, malt and malt exports.
iii) The Technical Committee charged with the wide task of evaluating any changes to legislation, materials supply and production techniques that could impact on UK malt production. It also deals with training, and has been responsible, since its inception in 1981, for the Malting Diploma Examination; recognised across the world as a standard of Malting excellence. View a list of all successful Malting Diploma candidates since its inception in 1981
All these Committees use work groups to address any issue of potential significance to the industry.
Click on the Committee name to see a list of current members.
UK maltsters have been active in Europe for a long time. In 1964 the MAGB were founder members of a body set up within the European Free Trade Area to trade malt internationally. That organisation became the modern European Maltsters Association, when the UK joined the European Community in 1973.
The MAGB also has a totally owned subsidiary company, MAGB (CCL) Ltd, set up to help maltsters meet their commitments to the UK Government's green house gas emission targets, set under the Kyoto agreement. Although malting uses a natural change within the grain, the final stage of kilning requires a significant energy input in the form of heat and fan power. UK maltsters have made a firm commitment to reduce their energy use per tonne by 2010 to 8% less than that used by them in 1999.
