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The newly constructed BEC Feed Solutions head office and manufacturing facility was part of a major redevelopment of the business’s 50 Antimony St, Carole Park site and has taken two years to complete.
This new facility can produce up to 10 tonnes per hour of premix feed with each individual bag labelled with tracking information and stacked automatically on a pallet ready to be wrapped and shipped.
New head office and manufacturing facility for BEC Feed Solutions
A lot of hard work and input from a range of BEC employees ensured the opening of the new facility in Brisbane was a success.
BEC Group managing director Brett Antonio said the fruition of the pro- ject was an exciting mile- stone for the business, and the BEC team was excited to celebrate and showcase
BEC Feed Solutions general manager premix and feed additives Mark Fitzgerald said the plant offers a unique approach
Production in the new facility is expected to commence in June, fol- lowed by accreditation with FAMI-QS in July.
BEC Feed Solutions re- cently celebrated the grand opening of it’s newly constructed head office and manufactur- ing facility in Brisbane Queensland.
the facility at the grand opening.
to collecting and weighing a large proportion of the key ingredients used in the business’s premixes.
days a week.
“That provides a lot of
The facility was part of a major redevelopment of the business’s 50 Anti- mony St, Carole Park site and has taken two years to complete.
“This will be a launch- ing pad for our future growth into new markets and countries.”
“Our new plant has been designed with a target throughput of 10 metric tonnes per hour, based on standard type vitamin and mineral premix, and at only one shift per day, five
BEC Feed Solutions is currently completing the last stages of commission- ing for both the manu- facturing plant and auto- mated packing equipment, followed by final process validation and accredita- tion.
“The redevelopment of the Carole Park site was a long-held plan for us, and our new facilities will ce- ment BEC as the leading provider of animal nutri- tion solutions to our cus- tomers in the ANZ-Pacific region,” Mr Antonio said.
“We are extensively us- ing the latest in ‘loadcell’ technology which will provide significant weigh- ing accuracy and process- ing time benefits – it’s quite unique for this part of the world,” Mr Fitzger- ald said.
opportunity and flexibility to grow our business, and the total output of this new plant.”
So, which came rst?
At BEC Feed Solutions, we provide an unparalleled range of animal nutrition solutions. Our expert team designs, sources and creates solutions to support our customers’ needs and overcome their challenges.
We believe quality ingredients and quality nutrition always come rst.
NUTRITION SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE
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