# McLaren Packaging and VPK UK & Ireland form 50/50 corrugate joint venture in Scotland

McLaren Packaging and VPK UK & Ireland agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture, McLaren Corrugate Limited, combining McLaren's Port Glasgow corrugate plant with VPK's East Kilbride site to serve the Scottish corrugated market.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2024-12-01
- Where: Port Glasgow and East Kilbride, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: corrugated packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [McLaren Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/2298.md)
- [VPK](https://endata.com/companies/344.md) (partner)
- [McLaren Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/2298.md) (partner)
- [VPK Packaging UK & Ireland](https://endata.com/companies/12596.md) (partner)
- [VPK UK & Ireland](https://endata.com/companies/12724.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [mclarenpackaging.com](https://mclarenpackaging.com/news/new-corrugate-joint-venture-with-vpk-uk-and-ireland), 2024-12-18: "We are pleased to announce that our corrugate business is entering into a new joint venture with VPK Packaging UK & Ireland, part of the family owned Belgian VPK Group."
- [liquorice-media.com](https://liquorice-media.com/mclaren-packaging-and-vpk-uk-ireland-form-new-corrugate-joint-venture/), 2024-12-18: "have announced a deal to create a new 50/50 joint venture business serving the Scottish corrugated packaging market."
- [packagingnews.co.uk](https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/materials/corrugated/mclaren-packaging-and-vpk-uk-ireland-form-new-joint-venture-18-12-2024), 2024-12-18: "have announced a deal to create a new 50/50 joint venture business serving the Scottish corrugated packaging market."
- [printweek.com](https://www.printweek.com/content/news/mclaren-and-vpk-launch-joint-scottish-corrugated-venture), 2024-12-19: "McLaren Packaging has entered into a new joint venture with VPK Packaging UK & Ireland"
- [euwid-paper.com](https://www.euwid-paper.com/news/companies/vpk-to-close-leeds-site-east-kilbride-plant-now-in-joint-venture-290125/), 2025-01-29: "The new company will be called McLaren Corrugate Limited and will be formed through the combination of McLaren's corrugated production facility in Port Glasgow and VPK's site in East Kilbride."

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