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Macfarlane Group Plc (Macfarlane) is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of protective packaging products and labels. It distributes packaging materials and provides storage and warehousing services to its customers.

The company was founded by Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden as a commercial stationary company in Bath Street, Glasgow in 1949.

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.

After a period of growth in the 90s, the business expanded its share of the packaging distribution market by acquiring National Packaging in 2001, Network Packaging in 2014 and Nelsons for Cartons Packaging in 2016. This was followed by Greenwoods Stock Boxes in 2017, as well as Tyler Packaging (Leicester) Ltd and Harrison's Packaging Ltd in 2018.

The company sold its labels division to Reflex in 2022.

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.

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