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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 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 ...

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 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 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 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 ...

Macfarlane Group, the UK’s largest supplier of protective packaging, has achieved a Gold rating in a sustainability survey conducted by EcoVadis. This important rating – which is said to be the world’s most trusted business sustainability rating – places Macfarlane Group in the top 5% of ...

WEAF (West of England Aerospace Forum) is the UK’s largest industrial forum focused on the country’s aerospace sector, it’s also one of the largest aerospace and defence associations in Europe. WEAF provides its members with prominent representation and new networking opportunities. It ...