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Foodmach is the only full-service automation provider in Australia and New Zealand offering fully integrated solutions—from engineering design to full-service manufacturing, electrical, safety and software—all under one roof.
With 50+ years of automating Australia’s leading FMCG and food and beverage manufacturers, our 100+ team members bring proven expertise to fresh produce handling.
From single machines to turnkey automation solutions, you’ll deal with just one supplier with all services in-house and complete control over timelines.
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As a trusted leader in high-speed automation and turnkey materials handling solutions, we provide end-to-end services tailored to the specific needs of fresh produce handlers and processors, including:
Our expertise in controls, PLC programming, and software enables us to connect you to your packaging line, providing you with full control through a dashboard featuring live information.
We’ve developed unrivalled expertise in information-driven manufacturing, whether it be IoT, IIoT, M2M or Industry 4.0 and industry standards such as OMAC PackML.
This enables us to deliver turnkey installations to uniformly high standards with optimal efficiency.
Foodmach makes or supplies the full range of packaging machinery and software, including complete, turn-key packaging lines. Our integration is what sets us apart—that and our end-to-end range of in-house services.
See more about our line integration
High-quality systems for seamless product and carton movement:
- Hygienic design for product handling to spec (product conveying)
- Clean design carton conveying
- Pallet conveying
Our conveying solutions come with:
- Competitive pricing
- All services in-house (electrical/software/controls)
- Guarantee of quality
- 50+ years experience
- Greater control over timelines because we have in-house teams of specialists for design, manufacturing, electrical and software.
- In-house SCADA systems with reporting (predictive analysis on components, etc.) and a lower overall cost of ownership.
Advanced layer and robotic solutions for crates, boxes, bags and mixed-load palletising:
Pick and Place robot cells for palletising:
- Chilled and frozen cases
- Crates (Woolworths and Coles)
- High-speed Robomatrix® robotic palletising
- Layer palletisers
- Robopac PALWRAPP with integrated pallet stretch wrapping.
- Mobile robot and cobot INSTANT PALLETISERS (useful for repacking pallets)
All our palletisers come with our 50+ years of expertise in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), which simply means: We’ll eliminate the bottlenecks from your end of line.
Foodmach partners with Markem-Imaje for multiple printing technologies used to mark fresh food products.
Marking is usually contained on the primary packaging substrate for retail, but also for substrates used in storage, which may constitute primary or secondary packaging. A few marking technologies even permit marking directly on the food product itself, depending on its surface.
The Markem-Imaje range includes CO2, fibre and UV laser technology, Continuous Inkjet (CIJ), Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO), Print and Apply (P&A), and the Drop-on-Demand technologies, Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) and Large Character Inkjet (LCIJ), otherwise known as TouchDry® High Resolution Inkjet.
Markem-Imaje offers a range of solutions for traceability for compliance and beyond. Technologies such as enabling you to better managing potential hazards that can lead to product recalls, to product safety, and even catering to consumer appetite for initiatives such as “farm to fork” where fresh produce authenticity can be traced from the farm to point of sale.
Foodmach partners with ThermoFisher Scientific for advanced metal detection technologies.
The Sentinel Multiscan Metal Detector, designed for precise and sensitive detection of metal contaminants in various food products, including fruits, scans with up to five different frequencies to improve sensitivity and reduce false rejections, especially in products with a "product effect" where the metal signal might be masked by the product itself.
The Sentinel 5000 is designed to detect metal contaminants that are up to 70% smaller in volume compared to previous technologies, ensuring a more thorough inspection of fruit products.
This improved sensitivity helps food manufacturers ensure the safety and quality of their products, even when dealing with smaller metal particles that may be present in fruit during sorting, cleaning, or packaging.
See more about our metal detection
Turnkey project management to minimise downtime and ensure a smooth transition.
We provide end-to-end relocation, project management and recommissioning of equipment and entire factories.
Foodmach’s turnkey solutions can help companies transition seamlessly to higher levels of automation with minimal downtime.
We've 50 years of experience, and we’ve worked in a diverse range of market segments, completing highly complex relocations.
See more about our relocation process
Game-changing container loading technology to improve logistics efficiency.
The Australian meat industry has long sought a solution to enhance traffic and logistics flow around loading docks.
One Shot Loading introduces an innovative approach to container loading, improving efficiency while minimising congestion and safety risks.
Goods are pre-loaded onto a loading system. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as conveyors, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) or Forklift Trucks (FLTs).
Once the load has been prepared on the loading system, the process of one-shot loading can take less than 5 minutes depending on which system is being used, saving over 80% in labour and handling.
Instead of a team of lift truck operators, one operator can run several LoadMatic units.
See more about One Shot Loading
Foodmach has a full-service team to help you with your mechanical, electrical and software needs.
Whether you need spare parts, training, inspection, preventive maintenance or remote emergency support, we've got you covered.
See more about our customer support programs
Fast-turnaround, high-quality machining and fabrication, including general engineering of:
- platforms,
- walkways,
- plenums,
- bollards.
At our 7,100m2 manufacturing facility.
See more about our manufacturing services
Engineering Capabilities
Our engineering capabilities include:
- 2D/3D Mechanical Design
- Electrical Design
- PLC Software Development
- SCADA Software Development
- Line Integration
- Project Management
- Site Installation
- Commissioning
- National Technical Support
See more about our engineering services
Manufacturing Capabilities
Our manufacturing capabilities include:
- 7,100 m2 Factory Space
- 4.0 kW Fibre LME Laser Cutter
- CNC Brake Press
- CNC Router and Lathe
- Milling Machines
- Welding Shop / MIG and TIG welders
- 5 & 10-tonne Overhead Cranes
- Sandblasting / Electrostatic Painting
Customers
Our client references include:
AB InBev
Andrews Meats / JBS
Asahi Group / CUB
Australian Vintage Limited
BWX Limited
Chobani
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coopers Brewery
De Bortoli Wines
DuluxGroup
Fonterra
Greenham & Sons
Hazeldenes Chicken
Kellogg’s
Kraft Heinz
Lactalis
Lion
Lindeman’s
Loscam
Malt Shovel (Lion)
Midura Fruit Company
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Mars
Mondelēz
Nestlé
Opal ANZ
Pernod Ricard Wines
Pirate Life (CUB)
Saputo
Simplot
Treasury Wine Estates
Unilever
Visy Glass
Yalumba
Experience
Foodmach has a longstanding history in the Australian fresh produce industry, dating back to its early years when the company designed and manufactured automation for local growers and fruit canneries.
Foodmach's customer base spans various sectors—including food, beverage, and industrial manufacturing. Our depth of experience across all sectors ensures improved line efficiency for Australia’s fresh produce manufacturers.
Contact Us
If there's a project you'd like assistance with, our team of specialists will advise you if we can help, or they'll certainly know who can.
Book a callback here or phone 1800 366 362 (1800 FOODMACH).
We're always keen to have a chat.
