08.01.14
United Kingdom
www.mcbride.co.uk
Sales: $1.2 billion
Key Personnel: Iain Napier, chairman; Chris Bull, chief executive officer; Colin McIntyre, chief operating officer; Grzegorz Krol, chief commercial officer; Martin Nederhoed, chief commercial officer; Matthias Kreysel, chief R&D officer; Chris Smith, chief finance officer; Tim Seaman, strategic development director.
Major Products: Household care (dishwash, laundry care, household cleaners, air care) and personal care (hair care, baby care, body products, shaving products, oral care and skin care). Brands include Surcare, Clean ‘n Fresh, Oven Pride, Lime Lite, Clean Right, Actiff, Cobra, Bonaria, Isabel Yplon, Avea.
New Products: Aldi Sud auto dishwash tablets, Crai bathroom and toilet cleaners for limestone and germs and Crai floor cleaners in lavender scent, ICA’s Skona washing up liquid (reformulation), Sainsbury gentle orange blossom range of non-bio laundry products, Asda’s Chosen by You Tropical Paradise bio washing powder, Tesco 24 hour anti bacterial bathroom cleaner, Tesco Pro Formula facial skin care, Monoprix eye makeup removers.
Comments: Although sales declined 6% last year, there were gains made in 2013. According to McBride Chairman Iain Napier, “Our progress in our developing and emerging markets, where our private label sales have grown 16% on a constant currency basis, has been encouraging.”
During the year, the R&D teams at McBride have continued to drive innovation resulting in several key consumer test wins, including Stiwa in Germany and Nordic Swan approvals for Scandinavia, together with a number of timely product launches across Europe in the second half of the year. These wins are the result of the successful work of the R&D and category teams and demonstrate our technical leadership position in a number of household and personal care categories, added Napier.
The company welcomed a new chief commercial officer, Martin Nederhoed, late last summer. Also, at press time, McBride named Chris Smith as chief finance officer. He joins the company from API Group plc where he is currently the group finance director.
For the upcoming year, according to CEO Chris Bull, “Our principal objective for the current year is to exploit the opportunities available to us to drive private label growth in our core categories and accelerate the pace of growth, whilst taking action to become more competitive.’’
www.mcbride.co.uk
Sales: $1.2 billion
Key Personnel: Iain Napier, chairman; Chris Bull, chief executive officer; Colin McIntyre, chief operating officer; Grzegorz Krol, chief commercial officer; Martin Nederhoed, chief commercial officer; Matthias Kreysel, chief R&D officer; Chris Smith, chief finance officer; Tim Seaman, strategic development director.
Major Products: Household care (dishwash, laundry care, household cleaners, air care) and personal care (hair care, baby care, body products, shaving products, oral care and skin care). Brands include Surcare, Clean ‘n Fresh, Oven Pride, Lime Lite, Clean Right, Actiff, Cobra, Bonaria, Isabel Yplon, Avea.
New Products: Aldi Sud auto dishwash tablets, Crai bathroom and toilet cleaners for limestone and germs and Crai floor cleaners in lavender scent, ICA’s Skona washing up liquid (reformulation), Sainsbury gentle orange blossom range of non-bio laundry products, Asda’s Chosen by You Tropical Paradise bio washing powder, Tesco 24 hour anti bacterial bathroom cleaner, Tesco Pro Formula facial skin care, Monoprix eye makeup removers.
Comments: Although sales declined 6% last year, there were gains made in 2013. According to McBride Chairman Iain Napier, “Our progress in our developing and emerging markets, where our private label sales have grown 16% on a constant currency basis, has been encouraging.”
During the year, the R&D teams at McBride have continued to drive innovation resulting in several key consumer test wins, including Stiwa in Germany and Nordic Swan approvals for Scandinavia, together with a number of timely product launches across Europe in the second half of the year. These wins are the result of the successful work of the R&D and category teams and demonstrate our technical leadership position in a number of household and personal care categories, added Napier.
The company welcomed a new chief commercial officer, Martin Nederhoed, late last summer. Also, at press time, McBride named Chris Smith as chief finance officer. He joins the company from API Group plc where he is currently the group finance director.
For the upcoming year, according to CEO Chris Bull, “Our principal objective for the current year is to exploit the opportunities available to us to drive private label growth in our core categories and accelerate the pace of growth, whilst taking action to become more competitive.’’