"Red Line" Infant Formula Can Production Announced
In August 2015 Jamestrong purchased a 6500 square metre positive air pressure warehouse immediately adjacent to its Kyabram, Victoria, manufacturing plant, with clear plans to later install an additional infant formula can line.
Jamestrong has since commenced the project to install the new infant formula can line in this building to meet the increasing volume needs of its customers.
This $8 million investment follows the company's recent $13 million investment in a world's best KBA Metal Star 3 metal printer, enabling it to offer its customers an unsurpassed print and canmaking supply chain.
The new positive air pressure-enclosed can line has been specified to meet 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 Jamestrong Packaging's 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 allow comprehensive inspection for internal and external faults.
The project to install and commission this line is due for completion in June 2016. It will be dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of infant formula cans, enabling optimum security of secondary packaging. The existing infant formula can line will continue in its current high-quality GMP environment that has complied with ISO 22000 food safety certification and HACCP protocols since 2009. This line will continue to be equipped with its existing food safety testing and inspection equipment, and will provide contingent supply options as required.
Jamestrong Packaging managing director John Bigley said the creation of the new dedicated infant formula can production line follows 30 years of company experience in baby food packaging. "This further cements our credentials as category leaders and evidences our commitment to servicing the burgeoning infant formula market with only the highest-quality IF packaging products," he said.
Source: Jamestrong Packaging
