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Macfarlane Group PLC

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Year Founded & Workforce

1949

900 Employees

Industry

Manufacturing & Construction

Services

Global Protective Packaging Market

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Macfarlane Group PLC Overview

Company Headquarters: United Kingdom

Founded: 1949

Workforce: The company has employed more than 900 employees.

Company Working:

Macfarlane Group PLC is a packaging and label enterprise headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. The company is the UK's largest distributor of protective packaging products and services. It provides over 20,000 businesses globally and contributes most of the group's revenue. The company's packaging distribution arm of Macfarlane Group operates via a network of regional distribution centers in the UK, as well as a site in Ireland and two sites around continental Europe. Major market sectors serviced include e-commerce, third-party logistics, manufacturing, retail, industrial, automotive, electronics and aerospace.

Company Snapshot

$239.9M

Revenue

900

Employees

1949

Founded

United Kingdom

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Highly skilled workforce through successful training and learning programs.
The company has a strong base of reliable supplier of raw material

Weaknesses

Need more investment in new technologies
Vulnerability to changing consumer preferences and trends

Opportunities

The market development will lead to dilution of competitor’s advantage and enable Macfarlane Group Plc to increase its competitiveness compare to the other competitors.
Economic uptick and increase in customer spending

Threats

Growing strengths of local distributors
Rising raw material can pose a threat to the Macfarlane Group Plc profitability.

Key Developments

Date	Approach	Development
May-2022	Acquisition	Macfarlane Group PLC acquired PackMann Gesellschaft für Verpackungen und Dienstleistungen mbH (“PackMann”), a protective packaging distribution business based in Eppelheim near Heidelberg, Germany.

Product Offering

Macfarlane Group PLC
- Global Protective Packaging Market

Financial Performance

Reports featuring Macfarlane Group PLC

One market report profiles this company.

Global Protective Packaging MarketManufacturing & Construction · PCM

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Wantstats' research desk profiles Macfarlane Group PLC as part of our ongoing coverage of the Manufacturing & Construction sector, drawing on public company data, filings, and market intelligence.

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