UK glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has started to offer an in house decoration service.
The facility means Beatson Clark can now spray glass packaging any colour and achieve dazzling effects such as opaque, frosted, glitter, vignette and pearlescent.
The Rotherham, UK-based container glass producer offers a flexible service by decorating glass containers provided by the customer, subject to suitability, as well as its own bottles and jars.
Richard Pike, Decorating Plant Manager at Beatson Clark (pictured), said: “Thanks to the latest technology, we can create premium, eye-catching effects that can elevate a brand and leave a lasting impression with the consumer.
“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 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’s organic, which means it’s made up of natural ingredients and contains very few or no chemical components.
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 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.
