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8 NEWS | www.packagingnews.com.au | May-June 2021 Packserv adds local manufacturing
THE Packserv Group now has local on-site manufacturing capabilities with the recent launch of its new engineering and manufacturing division, located at its new facility in Marrickville, NSW.
The culmination of two years of research and development, Packserv Manufacturing launched into the Australian market in July last year with 26 new packaging machines designed to service the require- ments of the FMCG, pharmaceu- tical and cosmetic industries in Australia and overseas.
Packserv has established a niche position in providing packaging equipment for rental to a variety of sectors, including food and agri-business, pharma- ceuticals, cosmetics, industrial and automotive.
The company has a range of equipment in its rental fleet that supports most of the processes of packaging goods.
Packserv also offers a full suite of services, including tech- nical support (on-site, phone or email), installation, training, production testing, and mainte- nance and repair.
The new machines automate capping, filling and container handling applications, and are all tailored and priced to suit SMEs. Packserv Manufacturing machines are all manufactured in Australia.
“After years of renting our packaging machinery, Packserv has now come full circle and
At the forefront: Rapid Labels installed Australia’s first Gallus Labelfire.
returned to the family tradition of manufacturing its own machines,” Nathan Wardell, managing director, Packserv, tells PKN.
“Our range includes machines for volumetric filling, capping and container handling func- tions, including conveyor in- feedandout-feedtables.Wealso specialise in providing rentals for on-demand packaging equip- ment for filling, capping, label- ling, printing, coding and induction sealing.
“Strong partnerships with international companies, who produce labelling, printing, seal- ing and shrink sleeving packag- ing equipment, enable us to pro- vide our clients with customised end-to-end solutions to cater to their business requirement.
“It’s here that the team at Packserv harnesses over 75 years of collective hands-on experience in the packaging machinery space to provide the very best automated solutions.”
According to Wardell, the move and development of Packserv Manufacturing’s new facility was an absolute neces- sity, and the company’s capabil- ities for local manufacturing relied entirely on the move.
“This was due to the fact that the old factory simply did not have the room to accommodate the required new machinery,” Wardell continues.
“The first few months in occupation were nothing short of exhilarating, while everyone
enjoyed spreading out and find- ing novel ways to fill the avail- able space.
“This has been followed by a few more months spent wonder- ing where the new materials and machines were going to fit, before the inevitable realisation that we had already out-grown our new factory.”
Since its launch, Packserv Manufacturing has seen such an increase in activity that the company is now also planning the construction of a mezzanine floor to supplement floor space.
“It is most definitely the case that the drive to produce prod- ucts in demand through the Covid-19 crisis has created extra opportunities,” says Wardell.
“Forward orders through May and June are at unprece- dented levels, bolstered undoubtedly by the number of federal and state government grants and tax offset schemes
Packserv’s new machines automate capping, filling and container handling applications, and are all tailored and priced to suit SMEs.
designed to help the economy post the pandemic.
“The evidence is compelling that not only is Packserv counted amongst those busi- nesses that can be described as ‘Covid-resilient’, more than that, the solid planning and positioning of Packserv over the last two years has meant that it is set to thrive, regardless of Covid-19, and any effects of the crisis that there has been on the business have been positive.
“Long-term, Packserv is set on a course to do some of the real heavy lifting when it comes to getting Australian manufac- turing back as a meaningful resource.” ■
Labelmakers buys Rapid Labels
MARKING the biggest acquisi- tion in its history, Labelmakers Group has purchased Melbourne-based label printer, Rapid Labels. The move cements Labelmakers’ market leading position in label supply across Australia and New Zealand.
An established supplier and printer of self-adhesive label products, Rapid Labels has built its customer base in the
FMCG, nutraceutical and phar- maceutical segments, mak- ing it an attractive bolt-on for Labelmakers.
“The acquisition enables Labelmakers to move heavily into nutraceuticals with a full suite of solutions spanning labels and folding cartons,” said Labelmakers managing director Adam Bamford.
Rapid Labels has been at the
forefront of specialised label printing since its inception, managing a suite of best-in- class digital printing equip- ment, including Australia’s first Gallus Labelfire and one of the first ever installed globally.
Founded in 1982, Rapid has remained to this day a 100 per cent privately owned and man- aged business by Sean Kennon and Dave Power. ■