Haver mines for packaging opportunities in Perth

German packaging technology specialist Haver & Boecker is looking to capitalise on Australia's mining boom with the establishment of an office in Australia.

The company is the packaging arm of the Haver Group, based in Oelde, Germany. The group is a diversified equipment and engineering organisation that also includes Haver & Tyler, a specialist in mineral processing technology.

The new company, Haver Australia, is based in Malaga, 20km north of Perth and will be a four-person team headed-up by local manager René Dechange.

Dechange told PKN the company would be looking to expand its customer base in the packaging technology market, as well as investigate expanding its presence in the Western Australian mining industry.

“We will be be focusing on both markets,” he said. “We have been in the process of setting up for about half a year now, and are now looking at actively building our business.

“Perth was chosen as it is a well-known hub for the Australian mining industry and we want to be close to our clients to be able to service them best. We’re aware that a lot of activity in the mining industry occurs in Western Australia, so it makes sense to set up there,” Dechange said.

Haver & Boecker will also market packaging machines for the cement, building material, chemical and food industries.

Dechange said the company anticipated good opportunities in the state and the wider Australian market for sales of its high-performance screening machines, vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) equipment and washing technology.

With the opening of the Australian subsidiary, Haver & Boecker now boasts a direct representative office in every continent of the world.

The Malaga office will include a sales department and a service department. It will stock a full range of spare parts in a 500 square metre warehouse, where assembly, service, and shipping works will be carried out.