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Macfarlane buys East Anglia’s Allpack Packaging

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, has announced the acquisition of East Anglia-based Allpack Packaging Supplies Limited for up to £3.25 million. “This…




Macfarlane buys B&D 2010 Group

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of B&D 2010 Group Limited, a specialist protective packaging business based in the…





Macfarlane buys Gottlieb Packaging of Manchester

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of A & G Holdings Limited, owner of Manchester-based Gottlieb Packaging Materials Limited. “This…


Macfarlane buys Suttons of Cambridgeshire

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, announced the acquisition of A.E. Sutton Limited, trading as Suttons Performance Packaging, a specialist protective packaging…






Macfarlane Group buys PackMann in Germany

Macfarlane Group, the Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm, has announced the acquisition of PackMann Gesellschaft für Verpackungen und Dienstleistungen mbH (PackMann), a protective packaging distribution…




Macfarlane sells labels business to Reflex

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group has announced the sale of its Macfarlane Labels Limited division to The Reflex Group Limited for £6.4 million. Macfarlane said…



Macfarlane hires governance expert Gulvanessian

Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm Macfarlane Group has announced the appointment of former Eversheds Sutherland executive and corporate governance expert Aleen Gulvanessian as a non-executive…


Macfarlane first-half sales up 26% to £133m

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging, design and distribution firm Macfarlane Group rose about 15% on Thursday after it said its sales rose 26.5% to £133.5 million and profit…



Macfarlane buys Carters Packaging (Cornwall)

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group announced it acquired Carters Packaging (Cornwall) Limited, the owner of Carters Packaging Limited. “Carters is a well-established business, based in Redruth, Cornwall,…









Macfarlane sales rise 4% to £225m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said on Thursday its 2019 sales rose 4% to £225.4 million and profit before tax rose 10% to £12 million….


Macfarlane buys Leyland Packaging

Glasgow-based packaging and distribution firm Macfarlane Group said on Monday it acquired Leyland Packaging Company (Lancs) Limited for up to £3.25 million. “The acquisition is in…






Macfarlane H1 turnover up 14% to £102m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its turnover rose 14% to £102 million and profit before tax soared 39% to £3.5 million in the six months…



Macfarlane Group sales up 9% to £196m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its sales rose 9% to £196 million and profit before tax jumped 19% to £9.3 million in 2017. Macfarlane is…



Paterson is new Macfarlane chairman

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it appointed Stuart Paterson as its new chairman effective September 29, 2017. Paterson, who succeeds Graeme Bissett, is scheduled to…


Macfarlane to buy Greenwoods for up to £16.75m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it conditionally agreed to acquire the packaging business and selected assets of Nottingham-based Greenwoods Stock Boxes Limited and 100% of its…


Macfarlane first-half sales up 10% to £89.8m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its first-half sales rose 10% to £89.8 million and profit before tax soared 27% to £2.5 million as recent acquisitions boosted…



Acquisitions boost Macfarlane sales to £180m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group pledged to continue looking for takeover deals as it revealed that recent acquisitions helped its 2016 sales rise 6% to £179.8 million and profit before tax…


Macfarlane shares up 8% as profit rises

Shares of Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group rose 8% after it said its profit before tax for 2016 to date “continues to be well above the…


Acquisitions help Macfarlane sales to £81.5m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said revenue in the six months to June 30 rose 3.7% to £81.5 million and profit before tax rose 8.1% to just over £2 million…


Macfarlane to buy Nelsons for £6.75m

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it agreed to buy Leicester-based Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging Limited for up to £6.75 million. The deal is backed by a placing…



Macfarlane buys Edward McNeil packaging

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group has continued its acquisition spree with an agreement to buy the packaging business of Edward McNeil Limited. Macfarlane said the deal was…


Macfarlane Group buys Colton Packaging Teesside

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said it acquired Colton Packaging Teesside as part of its strategy “to develop its packaging distribution business in the UK protective packaging…


Macfarlane sales hit £169m as profit soars 21%

Glasgow-based packaging firm Macfarlane Group said its sales rose 10% in 2015 to £169.1 million and profit before tax soared 21% to £6.8 million as recent acquisitions and success…









Board changes at Smart Metering Systems

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) has appointed Macfarlane Group chairman Graeme Bissett as a non-executive director. Bissett will become chair of the SMS audit committee while Miriam Greenwood, who currently…