New Recruits at Beatson Clark
News release
31st October 2013
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Leading glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has made two key appointments to its South Yorkshire-based production team.
Eddie Pickering has joined the company as Quality Director while Robert Ledgard has been recruited to join the design team.
With over 15 years of experience in quality and environmental management in the glass packaging industry, Eddie joins Beatson Clark from Stölzle Glass Group where he was Head of Cold End and Quality Control.
“Eddie’s wealth of experience will further enhance the company’s drive on quality, process and efficiency improvements, which has already benefited from significant investment over recent years,” said Lynn Sidebottom, Sales and Marketing Director at Beatson Clark.
Robert Ledgard has worked in product and mould design for the last 11 years and his experience includes working on embossing projects in glass for some well known spirit brands.
“Robert is highly skilled in designing embossing and he is already proving to be a valuable asset to our team,” added Lynn.
Over the past year Beatson Clark has spent £10 million on installing new equipment including vision-based apparatus and automatic inspection machines.
Its design department is now using a new central system called Vault provided by 3D design software specialists Autodesk.
Vault operates as a customer relationship management (CRM) tool for the design sector, providing Beatson Clark with a more efficient centralised system accessible by the factory, mould shop, sales team and design department.
Vault will give every department complete visibility to each project through the entire new product development process, from initial enquiry right up to production.
To talk to Beatson Clark about bespoke designs for existing products or new product launches call 01709 828141 or email sales@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.
Jez Ashberry
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