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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 companies assessed globally within its industry sector for sustainability performance.

Glasgow-based Macfarlane Group PLC, the UK’s largest supplier of protective packaging, has announced its 2021 Interim Results revealing that it has more than doubled its pre-tax profits to £7.8m on turnover up 26.5% to £133.5m.

Macfarlane Group PLC (“Macfarlane”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Carters Packaging (Cornwall) Limited, the owner of Carters Packaging Limited (“Carters”).

Macfarlane Group PLC (“Macfarlane”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of GWP Holdings Limited the owner of GWP Group Limited (“GWP”), a protective packaging manufacturing and distribution business based in Wiltshire.  The acquisition is in line with Macfarlane’s declared strategy of building its protective packaging business through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth.

Macfarlane Group PLC (“the Group”) has performed well in 2020, achieving a resilient performance, which despite the challenging market conditions due to the impact of Covid-19, is ahead of previous expectations.

Customers of Macfarlane Packaging, the UK’s largest distributor of protective packaging materials, can now work remotely with designers and receive instantly produced prototypes, following new investment at the company’s Innovation Lab.

Macfarlane Packaging today (24 September) releases the results of its fifth annual “unboxing” survey of UK consumers where respondents lift the lid on their experiences of opening online deliveries. The 2020 survey looked specifically at the quality of packaging and the environmental credentials of retailers’ packaging choices.

Macfarlane Group’s interim results for the six months to 30 June 2020.

Almost a third of online shoppers want their purchases to be sent in more environmentally friendly packaging and they’re prepared to pay more for it – that’s the main finding of Macfarlane Packaging’s Annual Unboxing Survey, the results of which are published today.