Brewers visiting this year’s BeerX event in Sheffield on 16^th and 17^th March will once again have the opportunity to take a tour of the facilities at nearby glass manufacturer Beatson Clark.

Delegates are being invited on a factory tour of Beatson Clark, which has been manufacturing bottles and jars on the same site for over 260 years.

Those taking the tour will get to see at close quarters how beer bottles are made, from the molten glass gobs shooting into the bottle forming machines to the finished bottles going through the vigorous inspection equipment.

Transportation to and from BeerX at IceSheffield – around 15 minutes by car – can be provided on request.

Beatson Clark supplies standard, customised and bespoke beer bottles for a range of breweries both in the UK and overseas. Once again this year the company will be showcasing its latest beer bottles at BeerX and talking to customers about a range of services such as embossing decoration, lightweighting bottles and low-volume production runs.

“We exhibit at BeerX every year now as it’s a brilliant way to meet up with existing customers and potential new ones,” said Charlotte Taylor, Marketing Manager at Beatson Clark.

“We’re doing more and more work for breweries in the UK and overseas, so we will have many new beer bottle designs to showcase at this year’s exhibition, from big brands like BrewDog to more niche craft beers like Boyne Brewhouse.”

If you’re looking for beer bottles or are thinking about a new design, visit Beatson Clark on stand 59 and talk to one of the friendly team.

If you would like to take the factory tour, please email marketing@beatsonclark.co.uk.

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.
• To find out more about BeerX visit http://beerx.org

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