Shanghai Yuanlong Managing Director Joan Wei and Jamestrong Kyabram Site Manager Grant McConkey, cut the ribbon to officially open the new production line.
New can line opened Jamestrong Packaging Kyabram’s plant is one of five manufacturing facilities in Australia and New Zealand and currently employs 52 people. The Australasian business employs around 350 people and generates turnover in excess of 200 million AUD. Jamestrong is a new name in the packaging world and was established early in 2015 when Ardagh, a European based packaging business, divested its Australasian business to Shanghai Yuanlong Investment Company Ltd. Shanghai Yuanlong
management has a rich pedigree in metal packaging over the last 20 years and are proving to be a very progressive owner of the business, showing its desire to invest in and grow the business. In August 2015 Jamestrong purchased a 6,500 sqm positive air pressure warehouse immediately adjacent to the manufacturing plant in Kyabram, with plans to install an additional infant formula can line. Jamestrong has just completed the project to install the new infant formula can line in this building designed to meet the increasing volume needs of our customers. This $8 million investment follows the recent $13 million investment in a world-best KBA
Metal Star 3 metal printer and will offer our customers a world-best print and can making supply chain. The new can line has been specified to meet the current and future requirements of the infant formula category. It will be set up with formally zoned hygiene-controlled areas meeting the highest food safety expectations of our customers. The line will be fitted with in-line leak testing, air rinsing of cans, as well as state-of-the-art vision systems designed to comprehensively inspect for internal and external faults. The project to install and commission this line completed June 2016. It has been dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of
infant formula cans enabling optimum security of secondary packaging. The Kyabram plant has been supplying infant formula cans to the Australian marketplace for over 25 years and is excited to continue its leadership in this category with this new investment. Jamestrong Packaging is very pleased to be able to invest in country Victoria and develop its manufacturing footprint. In order to mark the significance of this investment to the plant and all the relevant stakeholders Jamestrong Packaging had a “Grand Opening” event on Thursday, June 16, 2016 to which a number of senior representatives of stakeholders were invited.
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Jamestrong Packaging Grand Opening Event
Our 67-year history
Thursday, June 16, 2016 Shanghai Yuanlong managing director Joan Wei speaks on the day.
• Operating in Kyabram itself since 1950 (Southern Can Co.). • Five plants across Australia and New Zealand. • Over 350 employees. • Manufacturing over 600 million cans.
Jamestrong Australasia managing director John Bigley hosted the launch.
1949 Containers Ltd. merger between Union Can Co., Southern Can Co., JT Pickens/Dominion Can Co. and James Marsh & Sons.
Leo Buonomo.
1984 Name change to Containers Packaging Ltd.
1986 Name change to Amcor Containers Packaging.
1997 Name change to Amcor Containers Packaging Australasia.
2000 Name change to Amcor Australasia.
2007 Change of ownership to Impress.
2010 Change of ownership to Ardagh Australasia Holdings.
2015 Change of ownership to Jamestrong Packaging.
Leigh Tanaskovic.
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Shane Charles delivered the blessing and smoking ceremony.
Site history 1950
2001
Site developed by Southern Can to supply KY Fruit (neighbouring plant).
Further consolidation of manufacturing operations from Dandenong site to Kyabram, and installation of hygienic false ceiling completed.
1956 Acquired by Containers Packaging.
1984 Introduction of high speed Soudronic welders.
1993 Acquired by Amcor, renamed Amcor Food Can.
1998
Acquired by Impress Group.
2010 Ardagh Group formed following Ardagh Glass acquisition of Impress Group.
2015 New ownership to Jamestrong.
2015 Purchase of warehouse on Kyabram site.
Consolidation of manufacturing operations from Bathurst site to Kyabram. Tongala Dancers performed a series of indigenous dances to complement the welcoming ceremonies.
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Kyabram Management Team
Keynote speakers at official launch
Shanghai Yuanlong managing director Joan Wei.
Campaspe Shire deputy mayor Carol Howell.
Jamestrong Kyabram site manager Grant McConkey.
Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Major Events and Regional Victoria Danielle Green.
Jamestrong Australasia managing director John Bigley.
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Jamestrong Packaging implements a Robotic Palletising solution for its new production facility at Kyabram In the heart of Victoria’s food belt, Jamestrong-Kyabram has been in the industry for over 25 years supplying cans for the food and nutritional manufacturing industries. Being the largest supplier of infant formula and nutritional powder packaging in Australia, Jamestrong-Kyabram’s overall capacity sits at 500 million cans per annum.
INNOVATION LEADS TO INCREASED PRODUCTION Due to strong growth in the infant formula and nutritional powder market, Jamestrong-Kyabram needed to find ways to innovate and improve, specifically to increase production capacity. This led to the investment by Jamestrong-Kyabram in technology provided by Scott Automation & Robotics. Scott Automation & Robotics, part of the Scott Technology Group of companies, are a leading provider of automation & robotic solutions globally. SCOTT improve productivity, reliability, yield, and safety for manufacturers and processors across industries including general manufacturing, meat, food and mining.
ROBOTS DELIVER 300 CANS PER MINUTE The Robotic palletising solution has the capacity to palletise 300 cans per minute, a significant increase in production. The new production line at Jamestrong-Kyabram consists of three robots. A Motoman UP50 handling the unrolled tin sheets used to create the cans while two KUKA KR180’s operate simultaneously to handle the palletising component of the system. One robot uses a magnetic gripper designed
to pick and place a complete layer of cans onto the pallets, the second KUKA robot uses a vacuum gripper to manage the divider boards and top frames. In addition to the palletising robots the infeed and outfeed conveyors were supplied by our partner Cantech Engineering based in Kyabram. The safety guarding around the robot system complete with interlocked doors addresses the workplace health and safety requirements.
FLEXIBILITY AND SPACE KEY TO SUCCESS The Scott Automation & Robotics system at JamestrongKyabram has delivered a flexible solution capable of handling multiple pallets of varying products at high speed. The compact footprint achieved by the robotic cell design was also a critical factor for the success of the new production line.
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Kyabram at the cutting edge
New Line, Cantech Viewing the new line were, from left: Jamestrong process engineer Steve Myles, Nationals candidate for Murray Damian Drum, Shanghai Yuanlong managing director Joan Wei, Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Victoria Danielle Green, Jamestrong technical and R&D manager Andrew Buchan, Jamestrong Kyabram site manager Grant McConkey and Campaspe Shire deputy mayor Carol Howell.
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Jamestrong’s Bill Murray explains the technology to Campaspe Shire deputy mayor Carol Howell.
Protecting the can supply chain from one can to >120 million cans — we have it covered. Kyabram: Campaspe Shire mayor Leigh Wilson and councillor Neil Pankhurst get a briefing from Jamestrong Kyabram site manager Grant McConkey.
Guests were impressed by their close-up with the new production line.
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Protecting the hygiene Jamestrong is the first business in Australasia to formally zone can manufacture, making it another first in a long line for Good Manufacturing Practice in Australian can making. The Kyabram plant now offers: • Formally zoned for hygiene in production. • Air filtration systems. • Best-in-class air rinsing of cans. • In-line testing of micro leaks in cans. • Best-in-class Pressco vision systems. • Every foil-end confirmed after fitting to can. • The internal of every can examined for contamination. • The external of every can examined 360 degrees.
Shanghai Yuanlong’s Mathew Lewis, site manager Grant McConkey, Shanghai Yuanlong managing director Joan Wei and Jamestrong Australasia managing director John Bigley.
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At Jamestrong Kyabram we work harder to protect the precious consumer At Jamestrong Kyabram: Since 1995 every infant can has been tested for micro leaks. Since 2000 the first to install food grade ceiling in production area. Since 2009 the first can maker to achieve ISO22000 and HACCP. Since 2010 we have had in-line camera inspection systems. Since 2012 we have had the most comprehensive air rinser in Australasia. …and in 2016 the only formally zoned hygiene-controlled can making in Australasia. Our systems also protect employees: Eight years without a lost time injury. Jamestrong staff
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We have been protecting nutrition brands for our customers for 30 years Snow Brand Australia 30 years
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The Businesses associated with the upgrade
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The Scott’s Transport team, from left: Rohan Munyard, Colin Robinson, Lynden Clarke and Paul Lawton.
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The Jamestrong site project team, from left: project officer Tracy Collins, process engineer Steve Myles, project officer Lisa Maxfield, site manager Grant McConkey and engineering manager Rod Prior.
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