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Accurrach
8 Feb 2023
McLaren and CarbonStore unite to unpack a sustainable future

Port Glasgow based company McLaren Packaging has invested in planting a second Scottish woodland, removing 6,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere through the duration of the project.

McLaren Packaging staff reviewing the packaging manufacturing
23 Dec 2022
McLaren Packaging donates boxes to Inverclyde HSCP’s Warm Hand of Friendship scheme

Port Glasgow based McLaren Packaging, a specialist supplier to the Scotch Whisky industry, has donated boxes to Inverclyde Council/Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s £130,000 Warm Hand of Friendship initiative.

World whiskies awards scotland winners
20 Dec 2022
Blue Box Design sponsors World Whiskies Awards 2023 Scotland

Blue Box Design, the Stirling-based specialist in the design and manufacture of bespoke presentation boxes for the UK food and drink sector, has sponsored Whisky Magazine’s World Whiskies Awards 2023 Scotland.

Lto R Chrisopher Coates Gregg Glass Michael McLaren, Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards 2023 Scotland.
20 Dec 2022
Gregg Glass wins McLaren Packaging-sponsored Master Distiller/Master Blender of the Year at Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards 2023 Scotland

Gregg Glass of Whyte & Mackay has won the coveted McLaren Packaging-sponsored Master Distiller/Master Blender of the Year category of Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards 2023 Scotland.

Michael Mc Laren left with winners Morrisons Scotch Whisky Distillers
2 Dec 2022
Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers wins Excellence in Branding Award

Sponsored by McLaren Packaging at fourth annual Scottish Whisky Awards

Paul Corbett wins Master Distiller, Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Ireland 2023 Award
30 Nov 2022
Paul Corbett wins Master Distiller/Master Blender of the Year sponsored by McLaren Packaging at Icons of Whisky Ireland 2023 Award

Paul Corbett of Powerscourt Distillery has won the coveted Master Distiller/Master Blender of the Year category of Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Ireland 2023 Award Winners.

Aerial view of forest
30 Mar 2022
McLaren Packaging invests in carbon offsetting project in Argyll & Bute

Our investment of a six figure sum in a carbon offsetting project in Argyllshire as part of our aim to deliver a sustainable business that has minimal impact on the environment and a positive impact on the communities within which we operate.

The McLaren Packaging Factory, Port Glasgow
15 Feb 2022
McLaren Packaging Group makes charitable donations on behalf of employees in support of the Ukrainian crisis

Port Glasgow-based McLaren Packaging Group, a specialist supplier to the Scotch Whisky industry, is donating £14,200, being £50 for each of its 284 employees, in support of the Ukrainian crisis.

Jamie Ritchie fielding bids during The Distillers One of One auction Barnbougle Castle 3 Dec 2021
6 Dec 2021
Inaugural The Distillers One of One charity auction achieves sales of £3.1million in aid of disadvantaged young people in Scotland

The inaugural The Distillers One of One charity auction at Barnbougle Castle outside Edinburgh last Friday achieved sales of £3.1million, two and a half times the pre-sale low estimate.