Contract Awarded

Macfarlane Group PLC
29 February 2000


MACFARLANE LABELS SECURES £8m DEAL WITH US BEAUTY CARE GIANT
                              
Macfarlane Group PLC's Labels Division is pleased to  report
that it has secured a new £8million contract to continue  to
supply Bristol Myers Squibb, one of the largest beauty  care
companies in the US over the next three years.

The  new three-year deal, will involve production of  labels
for  a number of major brands,  and comes after 13 years  of
service  from  Macfarlane Labels, and establishes  it  as  a
major  labels  supplier for all current and  future  Bristol
Myers Squibb projects.


For further information please contact

Neil Gibson, Beattie Media:            
01698 787868

Graham Casey,
Chief Executive Macfarlane Group Labels Division:
01563 525151