PACKAGING
DO MORE WITH
WEDDERBURN
AUTOMATED WEIGH PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
Tucked away in warehouses around New Zealand,
food manufacturers are hiding a secret weapon.
That secret weapon
16 APRIL 2020
is Wedderburn.
And it’s not just the
quality machinery
that’s helping New
Zealand companies scale up
production, it’s the continued
after-sale care.
Down a quiet industrial cul-desac
in Waihi lies a New Zealand
manufacturer of premier pet
treats and meals – Best Mates.
Last year the company invested
in a customised automated
weigh packaging system from
Wedderburn that also facilitates
manual packaging and it turned
out to be a game-changer for
them.
Best Mates Petfood now has
the ability to reliably pack 8-10
bags of pet treats per minute
compared to the 1-2 bags
per minute they had been
processing manually.
It wasn’t as simple as installing
shiny new machinery though.
It took time, expertise and
cooperation - something
Wedderburn’s National Sales
Manager Stewart Gibbs says is
their point of difference.
When Best Mates approached
Wedderburn with a new brand
of air-dried cat and dog treats
Tu Meke Friend, Stewart and
his team undertook thorough
consultation to truly understand
the customer’s operation and
goals before advising on what
packaging type would best suit
the product.
“Once we had established what
the correct packaging was for
this customer’s products, we
were able to specify machinery
to suit. That’s where working
with the customer, going from
a business requirement and
no packaging machinery to a
complete turn-key solution, was
paramount,” Stewart says.
“Our main goal is to supply
quality equipment and local
service tuned to the customer’s
needs. It’s not a case of
dropping it off and leaving them
to sort it out. I was there at the
first conversation and we’re
there right through until the
system is operating correctly.”
Despite some inevitable
challenges at the beginning
of the process due to the
number of products Best Mates
produce – the Wedderburn team
designed a solution.
“Our team will work on it until
we get to a place where we
are happy and believe we are
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