OTHER than closely associated people to Jamestrong Kyabram, many of us in the Goulburn Valley wouldn’t realise that it’s Australia’s largest manufacturer of infant formula cans. The Kyabram firm, continues to thrive despite COVID.
Founded in the early 1950s, Jamestrong continues to invest in new and advanced machinery and technology for quality and efficiencies for its many corporate clients.
“We are the leading supplier of infant formula cans within the Australian market, supplying many of the well-known brands seen in Australian supermarkets and pharmacy chains. Our overall business makes over 500 million cans each year in the Australasian market, underpinned by a robust Food Safety Management Program and independent external certification of ISO22000, ISO9001 and HACCP,” said Jamestrong’s Andrew Buchan, General Manager of Technical and Research & Development.
“We focus strongly on food security and quality with our personnel well-trained in good manufacturing practices along with a very strong safety culture.
Our business has been making and supplying cans to Australian customers since the early 1950s and we have long and proud relationships with well-known brands such as Kraft-Heinz and a2.
Our focus is on best practices in producing sustainable and infinitely recyclable products in an environmentally friendly manner. Food security and quality is paramount as can integrity is the major concern for the customer and end user.
The company uses Statistical Process Control, which focuses on process capability to drive quality and maintaining the strictest quality control standards.”
Key products for the broader Jamestrong business include:
• Dry Powder (eg. infant formula, milk powder, adult nutrition)
• Food (eg. soup, fruit and vegetables, meals)
• Pet food (eg. wet dog and cat food)
• Personal care aerosols (eg deodorants)
• Other aerosols (eg. air fresheners, insecticides)
Jamestrong-Kyabram focuses on the manufacture of cans for the nutritional manufacturing industry. With a strategic location in the heart of the Victorian food belt at Kyabram, we service both local and interstate customers. We are specialists in infant formula packaging and have been supplying well-known brands in this category for more than 30 years and have built a strong track record in food safety.
In this special Adviser Australian Made…local manufacturing feature, we salute Jamestrong as a resilient and successful manufacturer.
