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Beatson Clark’s New Machine Caps It All

Leading glass manufacturer Beatson Clark can now supply pharmaceutical bottles pre-capped thanks to an £80,000 investment.

A new Groninger six-head capping machine is now in operation at the company’s Rotherham site.

The equipment will allow Beatson Clark to fulfil a contract with a major high street chemist to supply pre-capped alpha sirops, continental winchesters and bespoke round bottles

The machine applies a 28mm Mediloc cap to glass bottles and can process up to 180 containers per minute.

“Safety is a paramount concern for pharmacists and it’s essential that the correct cap is applied to the bottle,” said Lynn Sidebottom, Marketing Director at Beatson Clark.

“Certain pharmaceutical products need to be child-safe and ensuring the correct cap is used also reduces the risk of contamination during storage.

Beatson Clark’s new capping machine has an associated UV ink jet coding system which applies a date/time stamp code on both the cap and the container for traceability.

Beatson Clark was founded as a supplier of glass containers for druggists and chemists in Rotherham in 1751 and is now the UK’s only manufacturer of pharmaceutical glass bottles.

Beatson Clark has recently invested over £10 million in machinery and technology. The capping machine is part of a further £10 million investment planned over the next two years, which includes a new production machine and a completely new amber furnace to be installed in September 2014.

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.

For media information contact:
Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star PR
01522 528540
07780 735071
jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
@jezashberry
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