Drinks packaging solutions

Drinks Packaging

Our drinks packaging blends sophistication and sustainability.

With roots in Scotland's renowned distilleries, we've built a long-standing tradition of supplying some of the world's top brands.

We take pride in presenting their products in luxurious packaging that enhances their brand appeal. We believe that the presentation of drinks is as important as their craftsmanship which is why our packaging reflects quality at every touchpoint.

Gins, whiskies and artisan beers are enjoyed worldwide. Our lightweight yet sturdy transport packaging ensures bottles are well protected during transit, arriving in perfect condition. Our versatile, durable packaging is also ideal for mixers, soft drinks and RTD (ready-to-drink) beverages.

All of our packaging is paper-based and sustainable. As a company, we are dedicated to being Sustainable. For Life.

Drinks Presentation Packaging

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Drinks Presentation Tubes

We design and manufacture a wide range of high-quality, recyclable tubes to showcase and protect your product. We use environmentally friendly cardboard and high-quality cover papers, printed digitally at high resolution to match your brand needs. Every tube goes through a strict quality assurance process before being approved for despatch.

Ideal for whisky, gin and other spirits, our cardboard drinks packaging tubes can be round or bespoke for maximum shelf appeal. They also offer robust protection for shipping within our specially designed drinks packaging dividers and corrugate cases.

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Drinks Presentation Cartons

Our drinks presentation cartons are designed to protect and elevate your brand.

We offer a range of individual bottle cartons for high-value spirit drinks as well as multipacks for grouping glass bottles or cans into clusters.

Made from UK and European sourced cartonboard, our carton packs are fully recyclable, have a large print area for your brand story and provide robust protection during transit.

Packs can be designed for automated or manual packing.

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Drinks Presentation Rigid Boxes

Bespoke drinks presentation boxes stand out on the shelf to communicate your brand identity and provide a high-end unboxing experience for the customer.

We specialise in the design and manufacture of quality rigid boxes for premium spirits. Choose from book, matchbook, shoebox, hinged or gatefold formats - or design your own. All our presentation boxes incorporate high-quality cover papers, advanced print and finishing options and a choice of closures. For a standout aesthetic which represents the pinnacle of paper-based packaging, drinks presentation boxes are unbeatable.

Drinks Transport Packaging

Transit Packaging
Our paper-based transit packaging offers incredible tensile strength and can be layered to give superb protective cushioning. It's also flexible and lightweight, making it the ideal alternative to plastic packaging.

Creative collaboration

Collaborative Drinks Packaging Solutions

Creative collaboration is key to our longstanding relationships with leading drinks brands.

Over the years, we have worked in partnership with brands such as Bushmills and Ardnamurchan to design innovative packing solutions for key market challenges.

Collaborative Case Studies

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Easy to Separate Drinks Tube

In 2021, a leading Single Malt Irish Whiskey brand approached us to provide a solution to allow customers to easily separate the paper and metal parts of the packaging.

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100% Recycled Drinks Carton

In 2020, a prestigious Single Malt Scotch Whisky brand approached us to produce a carton using 100% recycled greyboard created from multi-source waste.

We have worked with McLaren Packaging now for a number of years for everything from corrugated whisky cases through to high end presentation boxes. The products they supply have always made the grade and continue to impress both us as the customer in terms of lead times and design assistance and the clients we have worldwide in customer satisfaction. Along with many thousands of cartons at a time, we also have a frequent requirement for small numbers of high end items of packaging that McLaren can handle equally well in a timely fashion. Increasingly as the business grows, the need for a one stop shop has become apparent and with one supplier and one point of contact to work through, it has made a huge difference to the success of meeting orders in turbulent times. With a fast turnaround from the design phase through to delivery McLaren make the grade."
Founder & Owner, Scotch Whisky Distillery
We have been working together with Duncan and his team at Blue Box Design for over 12 years now and we continue to build on this great relationship. Our aim with Blue Box Design was to create a luxurious high end presentation box which would showcase our luxury product, to our global markets – this has certainly been the case."
Operations Director, Luxury Fabric Brand
Bringing a completely new product to market is never easy, however McLaren's have taken all the hard work and made it look simple. Their support on product specification, colour attainment & on line co-packer quality has been fantastic. As a family run business, they have no functional silos, offer a very hands on approach which I love."
Head of Packaging, UK Drinks Company
We have worked with Compack for over 20 years now. The reason for the long partnership is that their attention to detail is incredible. The quality of boxes and consistency of colours that we receive is the best we have seen. The team are also very attentive and will always do what they can to help us out. It is rare to find a supplier that will produce consistently high quality products over such a long period but Compack have done that for us.”
Owner and Director, International Food Company
We have been successfully sourcing divisions from Interlok divisions for well over 20 years and we have found them to be a dependable partner who can be relied upon to deliver on time, in full and with no quality defects. Despite the problems of a global pandemic Interlok still continued to supply to the same high levels and their experienced team at Port Glasgow show a passion for what they do."
Category Purchasing Manager, Global Drinks Group