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Automation products manufacturer SMC is using its AUSPACK booth to highlight a threefold message on its strength in support, modernisation and conservation.

Rodney Ryan, state manager for Victoria said, “During Covid we adjusted remarkably well to remote support, but now restrictions are off we are focusing on face-to-face support, it is key to what we do.

Pointing to one of the cobots on the booth Ryan said, “We are also committed to bringing a range of automation products to the market that will enable packaging producers to modernise their plants.”

Also on the stand was the SMC mobile factory, a fully functional miniature in the back of a ute, that the company will take to packaging plants to demonstrate how moderning the air compressors and using the latest systems will provide more environmentally friendly production.

In this AUSPACK video interview, Rodney Ryan, Melbourne state manager for SMC Australia, speaks with Wayne Robinson on the company's AUSPACK message.

Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?