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19Sep
How to package bottles for shipment
Wine, champagne and beer bottles can be challenging to pack and a real nightmare to transport - the sound of clanking bottles in transit is rarely a good sign! Recent figures ...
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12Sep
Protect your products with the right packaging
Packaging plays a key role in protecting products from damage in transit and storage, which is particularly important when high value items are involved. The right packaging ...
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05Sep
7 Best Packaging Practices for E-Commerce Success
This week’s guest blogger is Malu Limpens, Manager Marketing Communications at Ranpak. It is essential to leave your customers amazed in today’s world of highly ...
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31Aug
The power of a great unboxing experience
Customer experience is at the heart of many businesses and the growing popularity of the unboxing trend opens a whole new spectrum of challenges but also opportunities for online ...
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22Aug
Lunch break guide to the latest packaging innovations
The packaging industry is constantly evolving to adapt to new challenges and opportunities such as changing customer behaviour and technological advances. We have put together ...
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15Aug
How to minimise product damage in seasonal demand spikes
Retailers may experience extra pressures on resources and packing capabilities during increased demand periods such as summer and the pre-Christmas season. Our peak demand ...
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Photos from Macfarlane Packaging's post

Thank you to everyone that came to Horsham today to visit us at our Innovation event. We hope you found it valuable- it was great to talk to you all! Here are a few pictures from the day #innovation 💡📦 ... See more

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Here are a few more pictures from our Innovation Day in Horsham #packaging #innovation

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It's Horsham Innovation Day today! #packaging #innovation

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We really look forward to our Innovation Day in Horsham tomorrow. It will be lovely to see those of you attending!

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3 days ago

How to package bottles for shipment - Macfarlane Packaging

How to package bottles for shipment: https://goo.gl/1ExVXY #Airsac #ecommerce #transport

Wine, champagne and beer bottles can be challenging to pack and a real nightmare to transport – the sound of clanking bottles in transit is rarely a good sign! Recent figures from the IMRG ... See more

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3 days ago

How to package bottles for shipment - Macfarlane Packaging

This week's blog talks about #packaging bottles for shipment. Give it a read: https://goo.gl/1ExVXY #Airsac #ProtectivePackaging #Wine #Beer

Wine, champagne and beer bottles can be challenging to pack and a real nightmare to transport – the sound of clanking bottles in transit is rarely a good sign! Recent figures from the IMRG ... See more

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4 days ago

Acer - Macfarlane Packaging

We are thrilled that our Airsac Ultramail has been shortlisted in the category of ‘the ‘Supply Chain Solution of the Year’ for the Packaging News Awards. Read our case study and find out more ... See more

Acer was looking for an optimum protective solution for shipping their refurbished tablets across the UK and Europe. The company needed packaging that would help them minimise product damage, reduce ... See more

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4 days ago

Unboxing 2017 - Macfarlane Packaging

Are you an Internet retailer? This year’s #unboxing survey is an eye-opening experience! See the full results: http://bit.ly/2wk3Fju #eCommerce

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4 days ago

Macfarlane Group PLC announces acquisition of Greenwoods in conjunction with a proposed share placing - Macfarlane Packaging

[OUR NEWS] Macfarlane Group PLC announces acquisition of Greenwoods in conjunction with a proposed share placing: https://goo.gl/bDuTzP

In line with its strategy to further develop its Packaging Distribution business in the UK protective packaging market, the Board of Macfarlane Group PLC (“Macfarlane”) announces the conditional ... See more

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1 week ago

There is a Genius inside this box

Peak Scientific's Genius nitrogen generator packaging has been named as a finalist for an award.

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News

18Sep
Macfarlane Group PLC announces acquisition of Greenwoods in conjunction with a proposed share placing
In line with its strategy to further develop its Packaging Distribution business in the UK protective packaging market, the Board of Macfarlane Group PLC (“Macfarlane”) ...
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31Aug
Retailers turning to the power of packaging, research reveals
Macfarlane Packaging’s annual “unboxing” survey has revealed significant improvements in online retailers’ use of packaging to protect the condition of their products when ...
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24Aug
Macfarlane publishes its Interim Results
Macfarlane Group PLC today publishes its Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2017. Graeme Bissett, Chairman of Macfarlane Group PLC, today said:
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21Jul
Second “Unboxing” survey participant winner announced
Macfarlane Packaging’s Unboxing Survey was launched last week with a positive number of entries being submitted. Each week survey entries are entered into a prize draw and the ...
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28Jul
Final “Unboxing” survey participant winner announced
Macfarlane Packaging’s Unboxing Survey was launched earlier this month with a positive number of entries being submitted. Each week survey entries were entered into a prize draw ...
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17Jul
Macfarlane Packaging’s website wins Trailblazer award
Macfarlane Packaging’s e-Commerce Director, Mark Selby, has been awarded the prestigious Trailblazer award at the recent Imagine Excellence Awards in London for the best B2B ...
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