McLaren Packaging set to double its workforce

Over the next two years, the company intends to build a new plant next to its existing one, while also increasing its workforce from 53 to 100.

Chief executive and founder Jim McLaren said: "We are the only company in Britain who can provide a complete whisky-packaging service on one site.

"We produce high-graphic tubes and cases as well as partitions which are assembled and packed for delivery direct to the whisky bottling plants, ready for filling and shipment throughout the world.

"These tubes are technically very difficult to make and a great deal of skill is required. Our company's been doing very well and the time is right for us to expand."

With annual exports in excess of £2bn, Scotch whisky is one of the UK's leading exports.

Mr McLaren added: "The Scotch whisky industry is thriving at the moment, and companies such as McLaren Packaging allow Scotch whisky to expand into markets where it is seen more as a niche product."

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