Millar McCowan is a Scottish confectionery

Confectionery

Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...

 manufacturer. Owned by Andrew Walsh

Andrew Walsh

Andrew Hugh Walsh AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events.He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. Among his career highlights, Walsh was employed by Jack Morton Worldwide as Executive Producer of the ceremonies of the Athens...

, who also runs Thornycroft

Thornycroft

Thornycroft was a United Kingdom-based vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977.-History:Thornycroft started out with steam vans and lorries. John Isaac Thornycroft, the naval engineer, built his first steam lorry in 1896...

.(A confectionary distribution company.) For the brands of McCowan’s

McCowan’s

- History :McCowan's originally began life as an aerated water business run by Andrew McCowan, His wife attempted to make some extra money on the side by selling toffee from the window of their house in Stenhousemuir. The Toffee proved more successful than the Lemonade and soon became the primary...

 and John Millar & Sons

John Millar & Sons

John Millar & Sons is a Scottish confectionery company specialising in Mints and Boiled Sweets.-History:The company began in 1844, when John Millar started bakery in Leith, shortly afterwords, the business began selling sweets manufactured in the back room...

. Among its brands are Wham Bar

Wham Bar

The Wham Bar is a confectionery bar formerly produced by Millar McCowan and sold in the United Kingdom.They are bars of thin, chewy toffee with coloured pieces of sherbet inside. Wham Bars are available in a range of flavours, including Original , Strawberry, Cola, Brew , Extreme Super Sour , Sour...

s, and Highland Toffee. It also produces traditional Scottish sweeties such as Pan Drops and Bonbon

Bonbon

The name bonbon refers to any of several types of sweets, especially small candies enrobed in chocolate.The first reports of bonbons come from the 17th century, when they were made at the French royal court. Their name arose from infantile reduplication of the word bon, meaning 'good'...

s. Millar McCowan is Scotland’s largest independent confectionery manufacturer. It had production facilities at both Broxburn

Broxburn, West Lothian

Broxburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland located west of Edinburgh on the A8 road. It is situated approximately from Edinburgh Airport, and to the north of Livingston....

 and Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west. The villages of Carron and Carronshore adjoin Stenhousemuir to the east but...

 (near Falkirk

Falkirk

Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....

). But closed the Stenhousemuir plant in 2010.