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DIVERSECO RESTRUCTURES IN MEASURED MOVE
The six distinct businesses of industrial measurement and automation operation Diverseco have joined together in a strategic restructure, and will now all operate under the Diverseco brand as of 1 July.
Previously, Diverseco had comprised six companies that traded under the brand names AccuWeigh, Robot Technologies-Systems Australia, AccuPak, AccuOnboard, SCACO, and Ultrahawke.
Brenton Cunningham, CEO Diverseco, said the restructuring was in response to customer feedback, and the recognition that to grow the Diverseco group of companies from a mid-$40 million to a $100 million dollar business would require major organisational change.
“Our customers wanted us to attain a deeper understanding of their business needs, improved access to our broad skill base, subject matter experts,
and full scope of solutions,” he said. “The decision to amalgamate each of these companies into one organisation, Diverseco, will enable us to adopt a more proactive, more coordinated response to our customers’ challenges, and the measurement and automation capabilities they need to acquire to remain competitive and forge ahead in the marketplace,” Cunningham said.
Each business unit will now share operating systems and processes; assets and resources; cross-skilling technical teams; and adopt unified mission under one brand and one trading name.
Diverseco’s core competencies span services and products involved in the delivery and ongoing support of weighing and dimensional measurement, robotics automation, end-of-line packaging, and product inspection systems.
Can do: Brenton Cunningham, CEO of the newly restructured Diverseco.
EARLE ROBERTS TAKES TOP JOB AT FOODMACH
PROFILE SOLUTIONS HAS SOMETHING NEW UP THE SLEEVE
Profile Solutions has brought a new Chinese sleeving machine to Australia and New Zealand. The Shanghai Sousong packaging machine is a reliable and high-value system, says MD Thomas Mitchell, and is available in both electric and steam shrink tunnel configurations.
“These units made in China are premium machines made for sleeving a wide range of bottle shapes and types, with models from one hundred to six hundred bottles per minute.
“They also have some multi-head models and special models for cap sealing, for instance in three- and five-gallon water bottles,” said Mitchell.
The machines feature Siemens PLCs and carry the CE safety rating. According to Mitchell, they are easy to adjust with a quick changeover, and include high-quality electrical components.
“If you want to sleeve containers, and want a reliable machine that won’t break the bank, the base model with sleever and shrink tunnel, including freight, is less than $50,000 AUD delivered. This unit can label up to one hundred containers per minute,” Mitchell said.
RIGHT: The sleever can handle between one and six hundred bottles per minute.
BELOW: Shanghai Sousong packaging machines can sleeve a variety of bottle shapes and sizes.
Foodmach chief customer officer Earle Roberts has been appointed CEO as of 1 July, after delivering a string of recent successes for the company.
Roberts, former CEO of Fibre King, has served as CCO since March 2017, managing marketing and service as well as sales. He brings more than 25 years of experience to his new role, and says he is excited about Foodmach’s prospects and the opportunities for staff.
“Truly great businesses value their employees as much as their customers. We’re equally focused on our team members’ job satisfaction and skill development as we are on the development of smart factories and increased profitability for customers. My philosophy is that you can’t have one without the other,” he said.
Roberts has boosted Foodmach’s fortunes since taking up the role of CCO, including a recent hat trick at the APPMA Awards of Excellence in March, where the company collected awards for Best
New Product, Customer Collaboration, and Best Imported Product.
“The industry needs to be brave to embrace innovation. There is a risk, but the commercial advantage is worth it,” he said as he accepted the Best New Product award.
Peter Marks, Foodmach director, spoke highly of Roberts’ leadership expertise and said he would be a valuable asset in the role of CEO.
“During his tenure as CCO, Earle conducted a strategic review of the business, successfully relaunched the Foodmach brand, revitalised the company’s customer-focused service model and extended our product range.
“Earle has the qualifications, commitment and leadership credentials we’re looking for. Foodmach has a very clear vision for its future and we’re establishing an exceptional leadership team to get us there,” said Marks.
Phillip Biggs, fellow director, added that Roberts is a “strong, dynamic and values-driven leader” with a good track record, who performs well even during tough economic times.
“His deep understanding of people, packaging lines, innovation development and the industry and the markets in which we operate will continue to be invaluable,” said Biggs.
Foodmach’s executive directors are set to retain their existing leadership roles.
ABOVE: Delivering success: Earle Roberts, CEO, Foodmach.
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