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| LSE: MACF | |
| Industry | Packaging |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Aleen Gulvanessian (Chair) Peter Atkinson, (CEO) |
| Revenue |  £280.7 million (2023) [1] |
 £22.1 million (2023) [1] | |
| £15.0 million (2023) [1] | |
Number of employees | 1,000 (2024) [2] |
| Website | www |
Macfarlane Group PLC is a packaging company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The company was founded by Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden as a commercial stationary company in Bath Street, Glasgow in 1949. [3]
The company expanded and was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1973 and then entered the packaging distribution market by acquiring Abbots Packaging in 1980. [4]
After a period of growth in the 90s, the business expanded its share of the packaging distribution market by acquiring National Packaging in 2001, [5] Network Packaging in 2014 [6] and Nelsons for Cartons Packaging in 2016. [7] This was followed by Greenwoods Stock Boxes in 2017, [8] as well as Tyler Packaging (Leicester) Ltd and Harrison's Packaging Ltd in 2018. [9]
The company sold its labels division to Reflex in 2022. [10]
Macfarlane Group has two core divisions: Packaging Distribution and Design & Manufacture. Key market sectors served by the Packaging Distribution Division include eCommerce, third party logistics, manufacturing, retail, industrial, automotive, electronics and aerospace. Key market sectors served by the Design & Manufacture Division include industrial, automotive, defence, aerospace, electronics and medical. [11]
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