News: Creative solution from Beatson Clark

Rotherham glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has created a unique container for a new upmarket product launched by Creative Spreads.

Pont Packaging in the Netherlands called on its sister company, Beatson Clark to develop a new container for the Xqui range, which includes smoked salmon and butter mousse plus mushroom and black pepper spread.

Manufactured in white flint, the 125ml panelled food jar has now been added to Beatson Clark's extensive general sale range.

Lynn Sidebottom, sales director at Beatson Clark, said: "Creative Spreads were looking for a flexible solution and a particular shape of jar without investing a lot of money in new moulds.

"Working together Beatson Clark and Pont can find flexible solutions to requests like this, and it's a win-win for everyone: the customer gets the shape and size of jar he needs and we get an opportunity to extend our range of general sale items.

"Pont has been supplying products to Creative Spreads since 2007 so the client was confident that we could design a new jar that would perfectly complement its Xqui range."

Beatson Clark specialises in providing glass packaging solutions for niche brands in the food, drink and pharmaceutical markets worldwide. Earlier this month they announced a £10m investment in furnace improvements and new high-tech equipment at its Greasborough Road plant in Rotherham.

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