Total Package Overview

OVERVIEW

	ACO Organic and Conventional Dry Food Packer
	Form, Fill and Seal ~ Sachets and Pouches
	Inline Blending
	Can Filling & Seaming ~ Composite and Steel
	Bag and Box
	Jar Filling and Labelling
	Product & Packaging Development
	Large Scale Sample Runs ~ 5,000 to 10,000
	HACCP (SGS and NSW Food Authority)
	ISO9001 (SGS)
	Australian's Contract Packing for Australasia since 1981

OUR EXPERTISE as a contract manufacturer and packer of dry mix foodstuffs is to implement your ideas to design and develop your product and packaging materials for blending and packing into preformed or flexible containers for the local and export markets. We will help you select and test the best ingredients and packaging materials to suit your requirements and those of your customers. Our technology includes ribbon blending, sachet bag and box, jar and can filling

0UR SYSTEM Your product will be manufactured in accordance with FSANZ standards for safe food and hygiene using HACCP Certified by SGS and NSW Food Authority. Products manufactured can be certified under ISO 9001, a must for Asian Market, by SGS. Swiss market leaders and the worlds largest independent inspection agency, focused in Asia. We are a Certified Organic Processor under AQIS and Australian Certified Organic (ACO).

OUR PEOPLE Your production team are all externally trained for Food Processing Certificate III through the Federal Department of Education, Science and Training and Goulburn/Ovens Institue of TAFE, Victoria. We have expertise to handle your food and packaging technology, EMDG and R & D concession requirements.

OUR PREMISES give your business access to externally accredited and government approved temperature and humidity controlled clean rooms, purpose built to Export specifications with full product security. Your containers are able to be loaded under cover on site.

OUR TECHNICAL RESEARCH will undertake R & D applications for new product development, design and test packaging materials, design artwork as well as conduct controlled atmosphere shelf life and storage trials. We have food technologists on site.

OUR LOGISTICS will integrate your control with efficient inspection, movement, storage to ensure critical deadlines are met and quality is upheld to ensure cost effective consumer customer service. We eliminate the unknowns to ensure supply chain management.

OUR COMPANY HISTORY

We started in 1982 as Patimik Services with Patricia, Timothy & Michael Laurence, packing for the home brewing & health food industry.

We have become specialists in short-run packing & filling for independent operators in Retailing Wholesaling and Food Services areas.

In line with our plan to upgrade efficiency & quality we moved to special purpose built premises in 1993.

Long term loyalty & service to our customers has meant that we still pack for our first customers.

We h ave been able to establish an experienced & committed workforce supported by a network ofhighly qualified & experienced support consultants using a quality management plan to ensure our customers delight.

Development Highlights:

October 1991:	Preliminary trip to Asia to investigate export opportunities.
February 1993:	Relocated to special purpose premises in Brookvale
November 1993:	Staff commenced external training: - F.I.T.C (Food Industry Training Council of NSW - University of Western Sydney (Hawkesbury Campus). First export contract to Japan.
March 1994:	Accredited ISO 9002.
April 1995:	First export contract to China.
September 1996:	National Food Industry Training Council and NSW F.I.T.C. General Food Processing Sub-Committee. Trial of Assessed Certificate Training Plan Commenced.
April 1997:	Accreditation as Organic Food Processor under National Certification Program. DPIE OPAC (Organic Produce Advisory Committee) to EEC Standard 1992
May 1997:	Accredited with ISO 9001 Certification by SGS
April 1999:	Vacuum can seaming line becomes operational
May 2000:	Dairy Processing Licence (dry goods) No. 3690 issued by Safe Food Production NSW.
August 2001:	Certified HACCP Food Safety - Safe Food NSW
October 2002:	Certified processor Australian Certified Organic to AQIS Organic Standard Version 6.
July 2003:	Accredited ISO 9001:2000
March 2004:	Accredited HACCP - SGS.
December 2005	Composite Can Line with Hermetic Seal becomes operational
February 2007:	TOTAL PACKAGE Celebrates 25 years as a Contract Food Packer
2008	Alan Linton Smith join's Total Package as our resident Food Technologist and Product Development Manager, to complement our increased dry blending and packing operations for organic and conventional food products. He will be developing new and better formulations, raw material identification, product development and trials for packaging into sachets, pouches and composite cans. Allan is well known in the industry with over 25 years at Symrise, Mauri Foods and Greens General Foods.
	New Blending Operation comes on line: temperature and humidity controlled clean room with 1000L stainless steel ribbon blender, contra flow double ribbon configurationfully variable speed drive, (8rpm to 30rpm) allows us to handle the blending of the most delicate muesli mixes, as well as micro-mix powder formulations. vacuum product transfer system in the new blending facility ensures the integrity of our customers product as it eliminates the potential for cross contamination. Our new blending clean room allows for inline packing off into sachets, standup pouches, bag and box, steel and composite cans. We can now provide shelf ready packaging to ensure entry into all retail markets.

Total Package. 10 Sydenham Road, Brookvale. NSW 2100 Australia
Telephone: 61 2 9938 5166 Facsimile: 61 2 9938 4786 Email: sales@totalpackage.com.au