Six-meter-high oak vats dating back about a hundred years are still in use. They have recently been joined by a battery of 24 stainless-steel fermenting vessels holding 60,000 liters apiece. This and other processing equipment enables Thatchers to produce about 50 million liters of cider per year. At full steam the factory can fill 20,000 bottles an hour. Thatchers turned over about £60 million in 2013 and exported to several overseas markets, including the United States and Australia. It is a British business success story, in 2013 growing 23% – the lowest rate of growth it had seen in eight years!