Founded in 1751 in Rotherham South Yorkshire, Beatson Clark is proud of its long heritage. Originally manufacturing glass containers for the Pharmaceutical industry, we diversified into the Food & Beverage markets during the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Both the food & beverage ranges have become hugely successful for us, with the food sector now being our largest market. However, Beatson Clark still remains the UK’s largest manufacturer of pharmaceutical glass containers.

We have a highly skilled and experienced workforce, working towards a common goal of meeting our customer’s requirements with a quality product.

Employees Approx. 350
Turnover ￡44 million
Production Approx. 514 million units
Capacity Approx. 97,276 tonnes
Parent Company
Newship Ltd Logo
Newship Group is a privately owned group of companies operating in the packaging, construction, engineering and event hire markets across Europe.

Founded over 30 years ago Newship Group generates revenues in excess of ￡140 million per annum and employs over 650 people.

Newship Group companies are always influential and leading participants in the markets in which they operate. They strive to understand the needs of their customers and support them with excellent service and innovative products of the highest quality at competitive prices.

Delivering the Difference
Innovation
With a unique pro-active approach to design, innovation is at the heart of Beatson Clark. An award winning design service with 3D CAD systems delivers over 30 new designs for clients in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical markets every year.

An extensive general sale range has also been built up over the years, with containers in a variety of shapes and sizes readily available.

Flexibility
In today’s competitive marketplace, clients need a supplier who can be flexible enough to meet the challenges they face. Beatson Clark offer speed to market with a worldwide distribution base, fast tracking on new products and bespoke containers from just 300k units.

Cost effective design solutions such as embossing standard containers are also available, and can be run as part of a standard campaign from quantities as small as 150k units.

Niche products are our speciality and our flexible approach means we are capable of both small and large production runs, depending on the needs of our clients.

Choice
Beatson Clark is the first choice for those looking to the future of packaging.

Our policy of continual improvement and investment programs are delivering superior products. These coupled with enhanced recycling and the sustainable credentials of glass make Beatson Clark the environmental choice too.

Several lightweighted products already feature in the general sale range, and with over 250 products to choose from in both white flint and amber, Beatson Clark remains the glass manufacturer of choice.

Service
At Beatson Clark we understand that customer service is key to success in business. Our fundamental objective is to deliver service excellence in all aspects of our activities.

To ensure our customers receive the best possible service, Beatson Clark provides a dedicated Account Manager and Sales Support Assistant to every account, no matter how big or small. In addition we have Customer Service Managers who offer extra support for both our UK and Export customers.

Beatson Clark customers also have access to the client area within our website, providing 24 hour support and information such as technical drawings, production dates and stock levels.

This support system is further enhanced by our worldwide network of distributors, which ensures we can offer a superior service to both the big brands we supply and our smaller, niche customers.

Quality
At Beatson Clark we recognise that every single part of the manufacturing process from reception of raw materials, through melting, forming, inspection and packaging, impacts on the quality of the final product. Each and every employee’s contribution is vital to our performance and ensures we can deliver quality glass containers to our customers.

We constantly strive to provide a superior performance in both quality and service and have an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement.

The company maintains its certifications to the international Quality Standards ISO9001 and BRC IoP to maintain and look for ways to improve the quality of product and service we give the customer.

Certifications

ISO9001 Quality Management System Standard
The ISO9001:2008 standard covers a wide range of aspects of our business from product development and design, through manufacturing, storage and delivery of goods to the customer.



BRC/IoP Food Packaging Global Standard
The above standard was jointly developed by The British Retail Consortium and The Institute of Packaging. The standard outlines hygiene and quality requirements for packaging manufacturers supplying the food and drinks industries.

Certification to this standard is now a prerequisite for supplying much of the food and beverage industries in the UK. The standard is receiving widespread international recognition.


OHSAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Standard
Beatson Clark is recognised within the UK glass industry as the leader in occupational health & safety management. The health and safety of our workers is our number one priority and the OHSAS standard supports the development of a management system that helps eliminate or minimise risk to employees.

We have won a series of awards from British Glass to recognise the excellence of the health & safety initiatives and training that has been successfully implemented across our organisation.

Testimonials
We pride ourselves on superior customer service and our customer’s feedback is important to us. We are pleased to share some of the comments we have received recently:

Julian Sollom, Director @ STORY Brands:
‘We chose Beatson Clark because of their very pragmatic approach to this project, the compelling design they created for us, the time they took to understand what we wanted and the flexibility they showed in bringing the project to life.

“The end result is a stunning design and a bespoke bottle that has received great feedback from everyone who has seen it. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them!’

Catherine Roddis, Purchasing Manager @ Global Brands:
‘Having used Beatson for a number of years to supply other products in our portfolio I was confident the quality and clarity of the glass would be excellent. The company have been accommodating and helpful in going the extra mile to meet our increasing demand as well as being competitively priced.’

Benjamin Rozzi, Director @ Basqueland Brewing Project:
‘We chose Beatson Clark’s bottle because of its quality. It was an easy decision because there is a night and day difference in the quality of Beatson Clark’s bottles and those of its competitors.’

Jack Morrison, Marketing Manager @ Simano Foods:
'Partnering with Beatson Clark has allowed us to access their extraordinary range of glass packaging and their unbeatable customer focus. We’ve been able to focus on creating the best product ever, knowing that Beatson Clark is there to support us in that process.'

Sarah Darlington, Director @ Darlington & Daughters:
‘Beatson Clark has been excellent, their consistency and reliable supply mean we no longer have to worry about glass availability and they have been key in helping us find glass packaging solutions for our new products.’

Jason Moody, Managing Director @ Cottage Delight:
‘Packaging is paramount to the look and feel of our products and therefore a supplier that understands this importance and is able to provide the style and quantity we require on time, along with an excellent level of customer service, is what we need. It was therefore an important decision to find the best glass container supplier that would be able to fulfil our brief and I’m pleased to say that Beatson Clark has managed to surpass our expectations.’

Ian Duffy, Purchasing Director @ Halewood International:
"The service we have received from Beatson Clark over the last year has been excellent. They were able to supply us with a quality standard container to test the market for one of our product launches, and reacted quickly and efficiently when demand exceeded all expectations, proving they are a supplier who you can rely on and one who really can react to changing market demands"

Export
Beatson Clark exports approximately 20% of its products, with global distribution. Bottles and jars from our entire range, as well as many bespoke containers are sold to over 60 countries each year.

We offer a variety of selling terms from Ex-Works to Carraige Paid To (CTP), with a range of freight options available, and work in accordance with Incoterms 2011.

Beatson Clark has many distributors worldwide; we have shown our main partners on the map below.

UK - manufacturing base with national distributorsWorld Map
Netherlands, France, Germany – Pont Europe
Sweden - Segerstein's Design & Pack
Spain - Glass Pack
Italy - Bruni Glass
Turkey - Kent Ilac
Israel - Huberman & Sons
United Arab Emirates - Peaceworld
Iran & Iraq - Ersa International
Singapore - Tong Huat Trading Co
Australia - Plasdene Glass-Pak
New Zealand - Arthur Holmes
Canada - Richards Packaging
USA - Berlin Packaging

Investments
As part of the company’s long-term strategy for growth, Beatson Clark have recently invested over ￡20 million in machinery and technology:

White Flint IS Machine 2012

Complete rebuild of the white flint furnace.
Installation of new vision-based inspection equipment.
2013

Upgraded drawing and model management system.
2014

Investment in Freeform design package.
Investment in an on line capping machine.
New planning system.
Complete rebuild of the amber furnace.
Installation of a new amber machine.
2015

Rebuild and expansion of on-site recycling facility.
2016/2017

Planned installation of new Bulk Palletiser
Planned replacement of white flint machine.