Advancing Australian-made packaging machinery

Packserv has made significant progress in developing 4.0 connectivity for its suite of machines, with the addition of Solomon Ould, PhD candidate from the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) Centre of Advanced Manufacturing (CAM), to the company’s development team in Marrickville, Sydney. The appointment is part of a partnership with UTS to turn theoretical concepts into practical applications, as part of Packserv’s Sustainable Digital Transformation strategy.

According to Nathan Wardell, Managing Director of Packserv, Ould’s arrival has given a significant boost to the company’s efforts to provide groundbreaking technology to users in the FMCG manufacturing space.

All Packserv machinery is made in Australia from its Sydney factory. This will help to reduce the need to import packaging machinery, which currently amounts to over $500 million worth of imports annually.

Packserv has been working with UTS for several years, more recently to develop machines that embrace digital transformation and increase self-sufficiency in manufacturing. Packserv’s onshore engineering design house has the capacity and facilities to fabricate bespoke, high-quality machines, premium parts and accessories.

Wardell also explained that the company’s focus on sustainability has led it to invest heavily in energy-efficient machinery, and also a reliance on local Australian made/supported, such as a new CNC machine and compressed air system that uses only one-fifth of the energy required by its previous machines.

Packserv’s commitment to Australian-made products has driven its activities in recent years. With Ould’s arrival, the company will soon have a range of machinery available that incorporates technology to drive efficiencies across the entire FMCG space — entirely manufactured and supported from its own offices around Australia.