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Macfarlane Group PLC announces acquisition of the Pitreavie Group Limited

This entry was posted on 13th January 2025 by Owen Sylvester

Earnings-enhancing acquisition of Pitreavie, a leading protective packaging manufacturer and distributor based in Scotland Macfarlane Group PLC announces the acquisition of The Pitreavie Group Limited (“Pitreavie”) for a maximum cash consideration of £18.0 million, including an earn-out of up ...

Macfarlane Group publishes its 2024 Interim Results

This entry was posted on 22nd August 2024 by Owen Sylvester

INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS TO 30 JUNE 2024 Resilient performance in the period; trading broadly in line for the full year Aleen Gulvanessian, Chair of Macfarlane Group PLC, commented on the interim results: “As outlined in our AGM trading update in May, the challenging market ...

Macfarlane Group PLC Appoints Non-Executive Director David Stirling

This entry was posted on 17th July 2024 by Owen Sylvester

The Board of Macfarlane Group PLC announces the appointment of David Stirling as a non-executive director with effect from 1 January 2025, following the retirement of Bob McLellan. David recently retired as Group CEO of Zotefoams plc, a manufacturer of cellular specialist materials and listed on ...

Macfarlane Group announces acquisition of Polyformes Limited

This entry was posted on 10th July 2024 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Group PLC announces the acquisition of Polyformes Limited (“Polyformes”) for up to a maximum cash consideration of £11.5 million, including an earn-out of up to £4.8 million over two years. This earnings-enhancing acquisition demonstrates further progress in our strategy to build ...

Macfarlane Packaging Design and Manufacture will be exhibiting at Advanced Engineering 2024

This entry was posted on 19th June 2024 by Owen Sylvester

The Macfarlane Packaging Design and Manufacture team are exhibiting at the Advanced Engineering show at the NEC in Birmingham on 30 and 31 October. This two-day event is the UK’s largest annual gathering of advanced engineering professionals of its kind and returns to the National Exhibition ...

Macfarlane Group PLC AGM trading update

This entry was posted on 7th May 2024 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Group PLC will today hold its Annual General Meeting at which Aleen Gulvanessian, Chair, will provide a Trading Update covering 2024 to date. As anticipated, the start of 2024 has been challenging with first quarter sales and profits below the same period in 2023. Despite the ...

Macfarlane Group celebrates across the business to mark its 75th anniversary

This entry was posted on 29th April 2024 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Group has marked 75 years of business with celebrations amongst its staff across the UK and Europe. The business was founded on 26th April 1949 by the late Lord Macfarlane and 75 years later, the company has leading UK positions in the distribution of protective packaging products and ...

Macfarlane Group PLC 2023 preliminary results

This entry was posted on 29th February 2024 by Owen Sylvester

ANNUAL RESULTS 2023 Group profit before tax ahead of previous year FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2023 £000 2022 £000 Increase/ % (Decrease) £000 £000 % Statutory ...

Macfarlane Group announces the acquisition of B&D 2010 Group Limited

This entry was posted on 2nd October 2023 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane announces the acquisition of B&D 2010 Group Limited (“B&D”), a specialist protective packaging business based in the South of England. This earnings enhancing acquisition is in line with Macfarlane’s stated strategy of building its protective packaging business through a ...

Macfarlane Packaging helps feed 1 million pets in need through logistics support for Blue Cross charity

This entry was posted on 5th September 2023 by Owen Sylvester

Today (5th September 2023) is International Day of Charity and Macfarlane Packaging is marking the milestone of having helped feed 1 million pets in need. Blue Cross is one of Macfarlane’s chosen charity partners and Macfarlane supports it by providing transport and storage for pet food ...

Macfarlane Group PLC acquires specialist protective packaging business Suttons

This entry was posted on 6th March 2023 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Group PLC (“Macfarlane”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of A.E. Sutton Limited, trading as Suttons Performance Packaging (“Suttons”), a specialist protective packaging manufacturing business based in Cambridgeshire. The earnings enhancing acquisition is in line with ...

COVID 19 – A message from Macfarlane Group

This entry was posted on 19th October 2020 by Owen Sylvester

After a busy summer I thought it would be useful to update you on key developments at Macfarlane Group: While we saw some easing of restrictions across the summer, as COVID levels went into retreat, regrettably we are now seeing the reinstatement of controls, with the prospect of life (and ...

COVID 19 – An update from Macfarlane Group

This entry was posted on 14th July 2020 by Owen Sylvester

As we all take the first tentative steps in response to the easing of some of the Government’s lockdown measures, I thought it would be useful to update you on the actions we are taking at Macfarlane. All of our sites have been operational throughout lockdown, with a number of our staff also ...

COVID 19 – An update from Macfarlane Group

This entry was posted on 8th April 2020 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Group PLC provides an update with regards to the COVID – 19 crisis. As we continue our lockdown, I thought I should update you on how Macfarlane Group is responding to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. We fully recognise the important role your business plays in supporting the ...

COVID 19 - A message from Macfarlane Group

This entry was posted on 25th March 2020 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Group PLC provides an update on our plans in response to the COVID – 19 crisis. Below is a statement from our CEO, Peter Atkinson. These are extraordinary times and I feel it is important to update you on our plans in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Many of our customers play a ...

Six Considerations when Packaging Goods for Export

This entry was posted on 26th June 2017 by Owen Sylvester

Ensuring you have the right packaging for the products you are exporting is crucial to guarantee they do not get damaged in transit. International shipping can expose consignments to a range of conditions not normally experienced in domestic markets. These include extremes in high and lower ...

Ensuring your wooden packages comply with ISPM15 regulations

This entry was posted on 11th November 2016 by Owen Sylvester

Wood is a durable and renewable natural resource that is commonly used in international trade. Over 90 percent of pallets worldwide are made of timber and it is one of the most popular packaging materials in the UK. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures(ISPM 15) is a global ...

An Insight into Packaging for the Defence Market

This entry was posted on 26th August 2014 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Packaging, Design and Manufacture have a wealth of experience in dealing with packaging for defence. DID YOU KNOW? Macfarlane Packaging, Design and Manufacture became the first dedicated packaging company to be awarded the authority to design and sign off packaging specifications on ...

Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP): A Useful Guide

This entry was posted on 25th July 2014 by Owen Sylvester

Specialist long life containers can be designed specifically for purpose and manufactured in the composite material, GRP. This material (more commonly associated with boats) offers many benefits over conventional packaging materials and compliments the range that Macfarlane can ...

Everything you need to know about Timber

This entry was posted on 21st July 2014 by Owen Sylvester

Macfarlane Packaging, Design and Manufacture are a timber sheet board converter and offer many types of timber for your packaging including: Plywood, OSB, Particle Board, MDF and Hardboard. OSB (Oriented strand Board) OSB is manufactured from logs of timber cut to lengths and processed into ...

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