CAPMBELL’S Australasia, part of The Arnott’s Group, has been a part of the Shepparton community for nearly 60 years, making high quality soups, stocks, broths and juices sourced from local and Australian food producers.
Recently, the iconic 43-metres-tall Campbell’s Soup Can tower holding the giant 10m tall can was washed.
Stationed outside Arnott’s Group factory in Shepparton, the soup can is actually a water tank used for holding and maintaining constant potable water supply for factory use, with a capacity of 275,000L.
The factory engaged Cleanaway Industrial Services for the lofty job of undertaking scheduled maintenance on the beloved can, and together with Quicklift Crane Hire, they were able to successfully complete the task.
Plant manager, Troy Knox said the maintenance of the iconic soup can was timely as the business prepared to celebrate six decades of local manufacturing later this year.
“We’ve seen really strong growth in our business over the past couple of years, but our continued success is testament to the local community in which we operate. We’re proud of our long history here in Shepparton.”
Chad Styles, branch manager from Cleanaway said they jumped at the opportunity to be involved in a unique job like this.
“It’s not every day you’re asked to clean out a soup can, and while it took some planning to accommodate the working at heights risk and confined space control measures, we were pleased with how it panned out.”
The job was undertaken on March 20, requiring a 60t crane to lift personnel and their equipment up and into the soup can, a staggering 30 meters off the ground.
The clean out is done as part of scheduled maintenance inspection or as required as part of general site maintenance.
