About Us
McLaren Packaging is a family of specialist paper and cardboard packaging companies:
- McLaren Tubes
- McLaren Corrugate
- Blue Box Design
- Compack Cartons
- Interlok Divisions
Established in 1979 as an independent supplier of corrugated cases to the whisky industry, McLaren Packaging has grown to sales of over £45 million across a wide range of paper-based packaging, primarily for the UK drinks sector.
Employing over 300 people and operating across seven sites in Central Scotland, McLaren Packaging is a family run company supplying small, independent operators through to large, multi-national organisations.
From high-quality flexographic printing to award-winning shaped tubes and rigid boxes, we lead on innovation, quality and service.
The story of McLaren Packaging
The McLaren Packaging story started with the vision of Jim McLaren and continues today, with the second generation, as a strong family of businesses which are 'Created with Experience', 'Inspired by Innovation' and 'Sustainable. For Life'.
In 1979, Jim McLaren founded McLaren Packaging with a clear ambition to become a specialist, independent supplier of paper-based packaging to the UK drinks sector. Through foresight and entrepreneurial vision, McLaren Packaging crafted a long-standing reputation for innovation, quality and service.
This allowed the business to grow organically, and acquire different specialist packaging companies, developing the internal expertise and knowledge to make McLaren Packaging the highly regarded and well respected organisation that it is today.
With premises in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde since inception, starting with one factory, and now consisting of four production facilities, the location has allowed McLaren to offer a successful One Stop Purchasing service to global brands.
McLaren Tubes, McLaren Corrugate and Interlok Divisions are all based in Port Glasgow today, with Blue Box Design in Stirling and Compack Cartons in Livingston, the group has production facilities across the central belt in Scotland.
Certifications & Accreditations
McLaren Packaging is committed to working and operating to the highest standards. Our dedication to high service levels, quality and innovative products is supported by being part of accredited industry bodies.
BS EN ISO 14001:2015
As
part of the company's commitment to continue to protect the environment
we maintain our operations and sites to the internationally recognised
ISO 14001:2015 environmental standard.
BS EN ISO 9001 (Quality)
The
International Quality Management Standard. Applicable to all types of
company in any industry, the standard is based on a number of quality
management principles including a strong customer focus, motivation and
implication of top management, the process approach and continual
improvement.
BS EN ISO 45001 (Health & Safety)
Ensuring
that the organisation has an effective management system in place to
reduce health & safety risks within the workplace – protecting
workers from potential harm and increasing production at the same time.
BRCGS Packaging Standard
(Food Safety)
The BRCGS Global Food Safety
Standard has set the benchmark for over 20 years. Adopted by over 20,000
sites in 130 countries, the standard is accepted by 70% of the top 10
global retailers, 60% of the top 10 quick-service restaurants, and 50%
of the top 25 manufacturers. Developed with input from industry, it
provides a framework to manage product safety, integrity, legality and
quality, and the operational controls for these criteria in the food and
food ingredient manufacturing, processing and packing industry. We have
received A++, the highest accreditation, since 2018.
Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC)
Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) accreditation is the global forest
certification system enabling consumers to identify, purchase and use
wood, paper and other forest products produced from well-managed forests
and recycled materials. We offer our customers packaging that comes
from a sustainable forest, sourced ethically. It is important that we
recognise the social and economic importance of protecting the
environment and we are fully committed to complying with the
requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the EU
Regulations 995/2010.
Disability Confident
Employer
We are members of the Government - sponsored
Disability Confident Scheme, aimed at creating a movement of change,
encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take
action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people.
Awards
At McLaren Packaging we pride ourselves on producing the highest quality paper-based packaging. Some of our awards include: