Glasgow-headquartered Macfarlane Group PLC, the protective packaging specialist, has issued a trading update this morning.

Macfarlane Group announces acquisition of GWP in South West of England

Dylan MacdonaldMacfarlane Group, Macfarlane Packaging

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 Innovation Lab 1

Macfarlane Packaging invests further £200,000 in new tech for innovation lab

Dylan MacdonaldMacfarlane Packaging

Macfarlane Packaging, the UK’s largest distributor of protective packaging materials, has further enhanced the capability of its Innovation Lab to create authentic, innovative and effective packaging solutions that help customers to reduce their total cost of packaging and environmental impact. The company’s £200,000 investment in new technology at its Innovation Lab means that customers visiting the facility can see precisely …