McBride plc () is a leading
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-based
manufacturing
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business, noted as being
Europe
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's biggest maker of
retailer
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own brand household
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goods. The business also provides contract manufacturing for brand owners. It is listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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and is a constituent of the
FTSE SmallCap Index
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.
History
The Company was founded by Robert McBride in
Manchester
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in 1927 to make chemical process products.
It was first listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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in 1973.
[ In 1978 it was acquired by BP.][ In 1993 BP sold the Company to a group of ]private equity
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investors, with business floated in 1995 on the London Stock Exchange. 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
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the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper ...
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).[
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Operations
The Group is organized into five divisions: Liquids, Unit Dosing, Powders, Aerosols, and Asia-Pacific.
See also
* The McBride Company, an American architectural design firm
References
External links
Official site
Yahoo profile
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Manufacturing companies based in London
Manufacturing companies established in 1927
1927 establishments in England
Private equity portfolio companies
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange