MP’s Visit to Glass Factory is Just Champion
Rotherham MP Sarah Champion learned about glass manufacturing when she paid a visit to Beatson Clark’s factory in the constituency last week.
Following her support for a grant application in 2013 Beatson Clark invited the town’s MP for a private tour of the facilities on Friday (6th May 2014).
She saw the company’s recent investments in state-of-the-art glass manufacturing equipment, which include a completely new white flint furnace, new automatic inspection equipment, a new multi-inspection machine, metal detectors and an updated computer-aided design (CAD) system, which totalled £12 million.
This September Beatson Clark will be investing further in a rebuild of its amber furnace and installation of a new bottle making machine.
The company secured a grant of £1.7 million from the Regional Growth Fund in 2013 which will contribute to the upcoming investment.
Sarah Champion’s visit was hosted by Lynn Sidebottom Sales and Marketing Director at Beatson Clark, and Quality Director Eddie Pickering.
Notes to editors:
• Beatson Clark specialises in providing glass packaging solutions for niche brands in the food, drink and pharmaceutical markets worldwide. The key to its success has been flexibility, innovation and the high quality of its containers.
• Beatson Clark’s customers are at the core of its business and the company is proud of the long-standing partnerships it has developed thanks to the outstanding level of service it offers.
• Beatson Clark has a turnover of £44 million and a production capacity of approximately 496 million units or 88,000 tonnes.
• It has ISO 9001:2000, BRC/IOP Food Packaging Hygiene Standard and OHSAS 18001:1999 Occupational Health & Safety Standard and its manufacturing capability has an emphasis on flexibility to facilitate short tailored production runs. It has a UK distribution centre located in Rotherham.
• Sarah Champion has been Labour MP for Rotherham since November 2012.
• Her website can be fund at www.sarahchampionmp.com.
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