Beatson Clark launches new glass decorating service

Packaging Solutions

Yorkshire based Beatson Clark, which has been manufacturing glass bottles and jars for over 270 years, is now also offering a premium in-house decoration service. 

The new facility means the company can now spray glass packaging any colour and achieve dazzling effects such as opaque, frosted, glitter, vignette, and pearlescent.  

Beatson Clark is offering a flexible service by decorating glass containers provided by the customer, subject to suitability, as well as its own range of bottles and jars. 

‘Thanks to the latest cutting edge technology and innovation, we can create premium, eye catching effects that can elevate a brand and leave a lasting impression with the consumer,’ explained Richard Pike, decorating plant manager. 

‘Our new decorating plant is just the latest major investment we have undertaken to strengthen our status as an independently owned market leader and to ensure that customers get the highest quality service and products. 

‘As always, we aim to provide maximum flexibility to give our customers the best possible result, and bringing this service inhouse increases the control we have over our supply chain.’

The new decorating plant uses both an electrostatic disc and a spray gun method to achieve a variety of colourful effects, with a quality finish. 

It uses premium paint which ranges from high gloss to full matt, in a choice of translucency levels, and Beatson Clark can colour match paint to suit the customer’s requirements. 

The company is committed to sustainability and minimising environmental impacts, and the new decorating plant is no different. 

The water based paint used is low in volatile organic compounds – harmful gases that are emitted into the air which can react with other gases and form air pollutants – and it is organic, which means it is made up of natural ingredients and contains very few or no chemical components. 

To help improve shelf life of food, beverage and pharmaceutical products alike, Beatson Clark can also spray a UV coating to glass packaging to protect products from the harmful effects of sunlight, including light strike in beers, and changes to the colour and flavours of food products. 

The electrostatic spray method is highly efficient and avoids unnecessary waste, and the finished sprayed bottles and jars can be fully recycled just like ordinary glass containers. 

The fact that the new decorating plant is adjacent to the existing glassworks also means a reduction in transportation miles: less pollution, less congestion and less use of fossil fuels. 

The company’s sales team will be introducing the array of effects available at this year’s London Packaging Week in September where visitors can see a wide variety of sprayed samples on stand G54 on 11 and 12 September.