Beatson Clark & Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Glass products manufacture

Notes:

Traced origins to 1783 when Beatson family acquired the glasshouse established by John Wright and others in 1751. Thereafter operated under several names, starting as W Beatson & Co in 1783. Subsequent names included Henry Close & Co in 1810, Close & Clark in 1828 and Beatson & Co in 1865. Incorporated 1910 as Beatson Clark & Co Ltd. Made glass bottles and phails for a wide variety of functions, especially for the pharmaceutical industry. Expanded rapidly after 1918. Introduced bottle making machinery from c1930 at the new Stairfoot Works. 1961 public company. Sometime acquired by TT Group Plc. Continues

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