BEATSON Clark has launched a new in-house glass decoration service.
The facility means the firm can now spray glass packaging any colour and achieve effects such as opaque, frosted, glitter, vignette, and pearlescent.
Beatson Clark revealed it 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,” said Richard Pike, decorating plant manager at Beatson Clark. “Our new decorating plant is just the latest major investment we’ve 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 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 added it can colour-match paint to suit the customer’s requirements.
The water-based paint used is described as low in volatile organic compounds and is organic, which means it’s made up of natural ingredients and contains very few or no chemical components.
To help improve shelf-life of food, beverage and pharmaceutical products, Beatson Clark can also spray a UV coating to glass packaging to protect products from the effects of sunlight, including light strike in beers, and changes to the colour and flavours of food products.
Beatson Clark team will be introducing the array of effects available at this year’s London Packaging Week from September 11-12.
