Albany provides Primo door solution

Primo Smallgoods is the largest producer of ham, bacon and smallgoods in Australia. Founded in 1985, the company began with just 38 employees and one manufacturing facility in Homebush, Sydney.

Now, the company has in excess of 4000 employees and has constructed Australia’s largest food manufacturing plant in the Brisbane suburb of Wacol.

Igloo doors at Primo’s Wacol facility.

The new state-of-the-art modern facility consolidates three separate plants under one roof on an 8.6 hectare greenfield site and will almost double Primo Smallgoods’ production capacity and markedly boost efficiency.

Stage one of the Wacol project involved the construction of a raw material freezer and distribution chiller. Stage two will involve the construction of a smallgoods, value-added meats, ham, bacon and salami processing operation as well as corporate offices.

Primo continues to stay ahead of its competitors with investments in new high-tech machinery, including the use of the Albany Doors’ range of high-performance doors. Through consultation with construction company Wiley, Albany was able to provide high-performance door solutions for Primo’s freezer, processing and distribution areas.

Models such as the RapidRoll 660 and Envico Igloo were used to cope with the busy demands of Australia’s largest production facility and ensure reliability in even the harshest environments.