Case study · Food & Beverage
Nolan Meats
32%
less adhesive consumed
37%+
annual cost saving
About Nolan Meats
Nolan Meats is a 100% Australian family-owned business in Gympie producing quality grain fed beef for retailers, further processors, wholesalers and international markets.
The business operations involve everything from breeding to feed lotting, processing, distribution and wholesaling. The processing plant is export accredited and has the capabilities to process over 2,500 cattle per week. Beef products from the abattoir are distributed around Australia and exported overseas to South-east Asia, Middle East, Africa and the American markets.
The feedlot operation turns over 100,000 head per annum and supplies over 80% of cattle processed through the abattoir, the remaining cattle being purchased over the hooks or service processed.
The challenge
Nolan Meats contacted ABC for an adhesive analysis as they were facing a difficulty with lids popping open in the packaging freezer.
This resulted in labour wasting time to continually check the quality of packaging and also remove incorrect packages which caused machines to run slower. In addition to this, they were also experiencing nozzle blockages due to charred adhesive.
The result
After ABC conducted the analysis, a plan was implemented which lowered adhesive consumption by 32% and delivered a cost savings of over 37% p/a.
What's more, Nolan Meats was able to increase packaging efficiency and also remove the need for staff resources to continually watch the packaging process. This reduced the need for technical servicing, eliminating down time and creating significant cost savings.
What started as a simple adhesive analysis has turned into a 3-year relationship between ABC Adhesives and Nolan Meats.
Our relationship with ABC Adhesives is an important one to our business. Since working with Chris and the team we have been able to reduce our adhesive costs dramatically, whilst also being able to increase our efficiency in our packaging process
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