please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . the specific problem is two self referencing references lacking cites let along inline please help improve this article if you can . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message mcbride plc type public lse mcb industry household & personal care products founded 1927 headquarters london uk area served uk europe key people iain napier chairman rik de vos ceo revenue 813.9 million 2012 1 operating income 48.0 million 2010 1 net income 22.1 million 2010 1 number of employees 5 095 2010 1 website www.mcbride.co.uk mcbride plc lse mcb is a leading british based manufacturing business noted as being europe s biggest maker of retailer own brand household and personal care goods . 2 it produces brands such as oven pride limelite surcare sensei frish stick and gentelle and also provides contract manufacturing for other brand owners . 3 it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse smallcap index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by robert mcbride in manchester in 1927 to make chemical process products . 4 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1973 . 4 in 1978 it was acquired by bp . 4 in 1987 it bought camille simon a leading laundry products business founded in 1898 . 4 in 1993 bp sold the company to a group of private equity investors with business floated in 1995 on the london stock exchange . citation needed the group has grown through organic growth and acquisition to reach sales of over 800m . when the company has over 20 manufacturing operations in 10 countries ; uk belgium france italy luxembourg spain czech republic poland in europe and china malayasia and vietnam in asia . citation needed operations edit the group is organised into three divisions uk wce western continental europe and cee central and eastern europe . citation needed mcbride also has a small developing business in asia following the acquisition of fortlab . citation needed see also edit the mcbride company an american architectural design firm references edit a b c d annual report 2010 stocks news europe mcbride gains bid talk cited . reuters.co.uk . 6 september 2010 . retrieved 5 december 2010 . company profile . reuters.co.uk . retrieved 5 december 2010 . a b c d mcbride our history early days external links edit official site yahoo profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mcbride plc & oldid 678512063 categories companies listed on the london stock exchangecompanies established in 1927companies based in londonhousehold and personal product companies of the united kingdommanufacturing companies of the united kingdomprivate equity portfolio companieshidden categories articles needing cleanup from june 2014all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles with a reason field from june 2014wikipedia pages needing cleanup from june 2014articles lacking in text citations from june 2014all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2014vague or ambiguous time from june 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2015 at 21 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view