INDUSTRY NEWS
Almondco Australia expands Renmark HQ
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Almondco ' s newly expanded Renmark facility has significantly increased its processing capacity . TOP RIGHT : Almondco as it was in 2014 . Photo by Ian Burdon .
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THE processing capacity for Australia ’ s almond industry is continuing to increase . Earlier this year , Almondco officially opened its $ 36 million dedicated high-capacity blanching value add facility and logistics and raw material warehousing center at its Renmark , South Australia headquarters . efficient manner . “ Last season The company ’ s managing director ( 2022 ), Almondco had a record Brenton Woolston said the significant member crop intake of just over infrastructure projects were planned 37,000mt of almond kernels which well in advance to manage an was an increase of 25 percent on the increasing volume of almonds being previous year . produced by contracted grower Over the next few seasons , we members and reach the diverse have planned and instigated many global market in a timely and cost- business initiatives to process In A Nutshell - Spring 2023 Vol 24 Issue 3 we used to process in one shift can now be done in an hour across the product range with no manual handling .
- Brenton Woolston , Almondco managing director
and market over 55,000mt which entrenches Almondco Australia in the top 10 almond handlers and suppliers in the world ,” he said . The original plant built on long the Sturt Highway will be zoned for allnatural skin-on products , while the new blanching facility will be used for manufacturing all the value-add