Don Watson Transport was founded in 1948 and developed over 50 years as a long-haul and specialist carrier of meat for the domestic and export markets. As meat processors and exporters increasingly demanded a single supplier of cold chain services from processing plant to export ship or plane, Watsons decided to develop a large-scale blast freezing facility at their Wodonga plant.
VersaCold is one of the largest providers of cold store warehousing services globally. VersaCold’s Victorian warehouse operation has a capacity of some 330,000 cubic metres (11.7 million cubic feet), providing -30° C freezer storage. The company also operates distribution and refrigerated transport services. The warehouse services the supply chain requirements for producers, manufacturers, food service operators and retailers. For such a large operation, it’s imperative that stock is meticulously picked, delivered and tracked in the warehouse.
Secon Freight Logistics Pty Ltd has been involved in the transport industry for over thirty-three years. From what started as a small family enterprise, the company has grown into a major transport company, shifting containers to and from the Melbourne wharf. Secon Carriers specialise in wharf transport, warehousing, containerisation, sidelifting, and the running of Australian customs approved bonded warehouse and 77G FAK depots.
Rohan Trading Company is an Australian owned and operated company, which was established in 1987 to service the Australian and worldwide markets with local and imported products. The products they sell and export include: beef, lamb, mutton, pork, poultry meats, venison and grocery items. Export markets include Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Philippines, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, South Africa, South Pacific, Sri Lanka and the USA.
P Pullar & Co are a family business located in Cobram. The business was established almost 100 years ago. The property is 215 hectares in size, and consists of 100,000 trees including a variety of fruit – peaches, pears, apples, cherries and plums. The company also stores fruit in their cool store facility for packing & exporting. It started as a relatively small storage facility with 8 rooms, but has grown to include 23 storage chambers and a capacity of up to 18,500 pallets.
PFD is the major food service distributor in Melbourne with a base of approximately 3,500 customers, serviced by their own fleet of delivery vehicles. The Melbourne warehouse has approximately 6,000 pallet spaces storing a complete range of frozen, chilled and grocery products.
Peerless Foods is an established manufacturer of premium quality edible oils, fats and margarines. 100% Australian owned, Peerless supply a diverse range of products to food manufacturers, caterers, restaurants, bakers and retailers throughout Australia and overseas. The company refines wide variety of vegetable oils, including soya bean, sunflower, canola, cottonseed, peanut and palm oils into margarines, shortenings, oleos, salad and frying oils.
Oxford Cold Storage (Oxford) is a family-owned business that has been providing cold storage services to Australian manufacturers since 1975. Oxford was the largest Australian privately owned cold storage complex. Oxford offers racked storage for over 300,000 pallets at temperatures between +18°C & -29°C. The facility has the capacity to freeze 12,000 cartons and carcasses daily. Requirement RTS has worked with Oxford since 1994. As one of RTS’s larger users, Oxford utilises a large suite of RTS products and services. Oxford opened their Freezer 11 extension in August 2006. The expanded freezer now accommodates storage for 52,000 pallets under one
Murray Goulburn Co-operative was formed in 1950 and has since grown to become the largest processor of milk in Australia and the nation’s largest exporter of processed food. With eight manufacturing plants located throughout Victoria, Murray Goulburn processes over 35% of the nation’s milk supply into quality products which are sold in both domestic and export markets. With the success of Murray Goulburn’s Global Distribution Centre in Footscray and the growth of the business tripling in size over a nine year period, a decision was made to expand storage space for milk powder and consolidate with cheese, spreads, butters and
Amcor is one of the largest packaging companies in the world, with manufacturing sites in 39 countries around the world. Amcor has approximately 27,000 employees, operates 224 plants and in 2005 produced over $11 billion in annual sales. In Australasia, Amcor offers a wide range of packaging and packaging-related services, including corrugated boxes, cartons, aluminium and steel cans, flexible plastic packaging, PET plastic bottles and jars, closures and multi-wall sacks.