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BEATSON CLARK
AT A GLANCE
Beatson Clark specialises in glass packaging for niche brands in the food,
drink and pharmaceutical markets worldwide.
Part of the Newship Group, it has an annual turnover of GBP 65M and a
production capacity of up to 540 M units / 145,000 tonnes.
The company employs around 360 people and has been based in
Rotherham since it was founded 270 years ago in 1751.
“With customers increasingly
buying British, it’s clear they’re
also looking for ways to reduce
their carbon footprint,” said Pike.
Moreover, with the health and
environmental benefits of glass
packaging already well known,
glass is 100 percent recyclable
forever. On that score it’s the only
mainstream primary packaging
material that doesn’t require an
extra layer to protect inner con-
tents, which is one of the reasons
She said that leaving glass out brands are returning to glass.
of the DRS will make it much The company is also finding
easier for hospitality businesses that more customers are looking
and consumers to recycle their to source their glass locally and
glass and, importantly, continue buy British, partly to support the
to choose glass over other less national economy and reduce air
healthy and less environmentally- miles and carbon emissions and
friendly packaging. partly to improve their continu-
ity of supply. We will continue to offer that
Said Pike: “Beatson Clark is flexibility and excellent custom-
the perfect choice for customers er service which is essential in
looking to switch from plastic an ever-changing and challeng-
back to glass – we’re already ing market.” O
guiding them through the
change and offering techni-
cal support when they switch
their filling lines.”
Noting how challenging
the two years have been for
the company, she considers
it ‘in good shape’ and look- BEATSON CLARK
ing forward to the future with PLC
confidence. Greasbrough Road
“We’d like to thank all our The Glass Works
staff for working so hard and Rotherham - South Yorkshire S60 1TZ
United Kingdom
being so adaptable during the Tel.: 0044-1709-828141
pandemic,” she concluded, Fax: 0044-1709-835388
“and we also want to thank E-mail: sales@beatsonclark.co.uk
our customers, who’ve www.beatsonclark.co.uk
supported us throughout.
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