McBride plc
{{Short description|British-based manufacturing business}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = McBride plc
| logo = McBride logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{lse|MCB}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1927}}
| founder = Robert McBride
| slogan =
| location = Manchester, UK
| key_people = Jeffrey Nodland, (Chairman)
Chris Smith,(CEO)
Mark Strickland,(CFO)
| products =
| homepage = [http://www.mcbride.co.uk www.mcbride.co.uk]
| industry = Household & personal care products
| area_served = UK, Europe
| revenue = {{Unbulleted list|{{Increase}} £889.0 million(2023)|£678.3 million(2022)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mcbride.co.uk/media/zhhjt5h3/mcbride_ar23.pdf |title=Annual Report and Accounts |date=2023 |publisher=McBride |access-date=2024-02-22 |pages=1–2}}
| operating_income = {{Unbulleted list|{{Decrease}} £10.3 million(2023)|£26.7 million(2022)}}
| num_employees = 3,406 (2023)
}}
McBride plc ({{lse|MCB}}) is a leading British-based manufacturing business, noted as being Europe's biggest maker of retailer own brand household goods.
{{cite web
| url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE6851O320100906
| title = STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-McBride gains, bid talk cited
| date = 6 September 2010
| publisher = Reuters
| accessdate = 5 December 2010
| archive-url = http://web.archive.org/web/20121015041124/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/09/06/markets-europe-stocksnews-idUKLDE6851O320100906
| archive-date = 15 October 2012
}}
The business also provides contract manufacturing for brand owners.
{{cite web
| url = http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/companyProfile?symbol=MCB.L
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121016043607/http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/companyProfile?symbol=MCB.L
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 16 October 2012
| title = Company Profile
| publisher = Reuters.co.uk
| accessdate = 5 December 2010
}}
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index.
History
The Company was founded by Robert McBride in Manchester in 1927 to make chemical process products.{{cite web |url=http://www.mcbride.co.uk/about/our_history_early_days.html |website=McBride |title=Our History - Early Days |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223084135/http://www.mcbride.co.uk/about/our_history_early_days.html |archive-date=2007-02-23 }} It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1973. In 1978 it was acquired by BP. In 1993 BP sold the Company to a group of private equity investors, with business floated in 1995 on the London Stock Exchange.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} In 2017 the business acquired Danlind a/s, a Danish-based auto dishwash and laundry powder manufacturer. The group announced the sale of its skincare business in the Czech Republic and the sale of its European Personal Care Liquids division factories in Bradford and Ypres in 2018. The group has grown through organic growth and acquisition to reach sales of over £700m. The company has manufacturing operations in 14 cities across Europe (UK, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, and Luxembourg) and Asia (Malaysia and Vietnam).
Operations
The Group is organized into five divisions: Liquids, Unit Dosing, Powders, Aerosols, and Asia-Pacific.{{cite web |url=https://www.mcbride.co.uk/our-business/overview/ |title=Our Business |website=McBride |access-date=2024-02-22}}
See also
- The McBride Company, an American architectural design firm
References
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External links
- [http://www.mcbride.co.uk Official site]
- [http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=MCB.L Yahoo profile]
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Category:Manufacturing companies based in London
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1927
Category:1927 establishments in England