About Interlok Divisions
Interlok Divisions Ltd has a long history with McLaren Packaging having been founded in 1985 by Jim McLaren before being brought back into the McLaren Packaging family of companies in 2019. Interlok Divisions brings almost four decades of technical expertise to the design, manufacture and supply of solidboard divisions and is a key part of our One Stop Purchasing service.
The story of McLaren Packaging
The McLaren Packaging story started with the vision of Jim McLaren and continues today, with the second generation, as a strong family of businesses which are 'Created with Experience', 'Inspired by Innovation' and 'Sustainable. For Life'.
In 1979, Jim McLaren founded McLaren Packaging with a clear ambition to become a specialist, independent supplier of paper-based packaging to the UK drinks sector. Through foresight and entrepreneurial vision, McLaren Packaging crafted a long-standing reputation for innovation, quality and service.
This allowed the business to grow organically, and acquire different specialist packaging companies, developing the internal expertise and knowledge to make McLaren Packaging the highly regarded and well respected organisation that it is today.
With premises in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde since inception, starting with one factory, and now consisting of four production facilities, the location has allowed McLaren to offer a successful One Stop Purchasing service to global brands.
McLaren Tubes, McLaren Corrugate and Interlok Divisions are all based in Port Glasgow today, with Blue Box Design in Stirling and Compack Cartons in Livingston, the group has production facilities across the central belt in Scotland.
Certifications & Accreditations
Interlok Divisions is committed to working and operating to the highest standards. Our dedication to service levels and high quality and innovative products is supported by being part of accredited industry bodies.
BS EN ISO 14001:2015
As
part of the company's commitment to continue to protect the environment
we maintain our operations and sites to the internationally recognised
ISO 14001:2015 environmental standard.
BS EN ISO 9001 (Quality)
The
International Quality Management Standard. Applicable to all types of
company in any industry, the standard is based on a number of quality
management principles including a strong customer focus, motivation and
implication of top management, the process approach and continual
improvement.
BS EN ISO 45001 (Health & Safety)
Ensuring
that the organisation has an effective management system in place to
reduce health & safety risks within the workplace – protecting
workers from potential harm and increasing production at the same time.
BRCGS Packaging Standard
(Food Safety)
The BRCGS Global Food Safety
Standard has set the benchmark for over 20 years. Adopted by over 20,000
sites in 130 countries, the standard is accepted by 70% of the top 10
global retailers, 60% of the top 10 quick-service restaurants, and 50%
of the top 25 manufacturers. Developed with input from industry, it
provides a framework to manage product safety, integrity, legality and
quality, and the operational controls for these criteria in the food and
food ingredient manufacturing, processing and packing industry. We have
received A++, the highest accreditation, since 2018.
Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC)
Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) accreditation is the global forest
certification system enabling consumers to identify, purchase and use
wood, paper and other forest products produced from well-managed forests
and recycled materials. We offer our customers packaging that comes
from a sustainable forest, sourced ethically. It is important that we
recognise the social and economic importance of protecting the
environment and we are fully committed to complying with the
requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the EU
Regulations 995/2010.