McBride plc (lse: MCB) is a British-based manufacturing business, noted as being Europe's biggest maker of retailer own brand household goods.[2] The business also provides contract manufacturing for brand owners.[3] 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 to make chemical process products in 1927.[4] It was acquired by BP in 1978.[5]
In 1993, BP sold the business to a group of private equity investors, who floated the company on the London Stock Exchange in 1995.[6]
In 2017, the business acquired Danlind a/s, a Danish-based auto dishwash and laundry powder manufacturer.[7]
The company sold its personal care liquids division, operating in the UK and Belgium, to Royal Sanders Group in July 2018.[8]
Operations
The Group is organized into five divisions: Liquids, Unit Dosing, Powders, Aerosols, and Asia-Pacific.[9]
External links
References
- Annual Report and Accounts 2025 McBride, retrieved 28 November 2025^
- McBride gains, bid talk cited Reuters, 6 September 2010, retrieved 5 December 2010^
- Company Profile Reuters.co.uk, retrieved 5 December 2010^
- Our History - Early Days McBride^
- International Directory of Company Histories 1988^
- McBride aims for pounds 220m The Independent, 14 June 1995, retrieved 28 November 2025^
- McBride To Buy Denmark-based Danlind RTT News, 9 April 2017, retrieved 28 November 2025^
- McBride to sell personal care liquids business to Royal Sanders Group for £12.5 million Global Cosmetics News, 4 July 2018, retrieved 28 November 2025^
- Our Business McBride, retrieved 2024-02-22^