Our Project Manager was contacted late on a Friday afternoon, by our client, an international freight forwarding and customs broker. The client required our urgent assistance to design, manufacture and pack a valve and actuator by that Sunday afternoon. Our Project Manager pulled together a team of dedicated staff who then went over and beyond our usual efficient and timely services, to meet our client’s urgent requirements.
 

Client Requirements

• To design a crate to house a valve and actuator.
• The crate must hold a total weight of 2,300 kg.
• To design, manufacture, deliver and pack the crate in less than two days.

Our Challenges

• To design and manufacturing the crate on a Saturday.
• To design a packaging methodology to handle the 2,300 kg weight of the actuator and valve.
• To arrange a team to handle the logistics at short notice.

Our Solution

• We designed and built a 3.4m by 1.1m timber crate.
• The crate was built with a heavy duty base to handle the weight of the valve and actuator.
• We called on key personal to attend to the design and manufacture of the crate.
• We called on key personal to attend the client’s site on a Sunday to pack the goods

 
All photos courtesy of Flo Solutions Pty. Ltd.

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Axis Packaging were contracted by and oil and gas company to build timber cases to hold steel pipes needing to be transported by both road and sea. The length of some of the pipes, required cases to be built at over 13.5 metres in length.

Client Requirements

• To custom build several exceptionally long wooden cases for steel pipes up to 13 metres in length.
• To ensure the pipes were secure within each case.
• To ensure each case was suitable for road and sea transportation.
• To have the cases made and ready for collection within a 7 day turnaround.

Our Challenges

• To design and build cases that could withstand their own weight and that of their contents.
• To ensure these long cases would be well balanced when fully loaded and lifted.

Our Solution

• A dedicated team was assigned to complete the cases within the specified time frame.
• Each of the 36 pine cases were custom designed in different lengths with heavy duty solid bases.
• Each case was fitted with a series of cradles to minimise the movement of the pipes with the cases.
• The protect the pipes from potential water damage during transport, the cases were fully lined with plastic and desiccants were placed inside the cases.
• Due to the sheer size of the cases, an innovative split lid was designed to meet Occupational Health & Safety standards for safe manual handling.
• The cases were stencilled with centre of gravity and chain lifting points for safe handling and lifting.

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The raffle gift basket of goodies carefully selected and put together by Danielle and Maddy Vorster.

Maddy Vorster drawing the raffle winner with the help of Mary David our Customer Service Representative.

...and we have a winner!

“Danielle was very grateful for the money Axis sponsored her to be able to raise so much with the basket.

It was a very great experience for her and she thoroughly enjoyed being able to do this.”
Maddy Vorster.

In August last year Axis Packaging underwent a Business Review and PROBE for Manufacturing. PROBE is a diagnostic process that assesses a company’s key practices and enables them to pinpoint their strengths and identify areas for improvement. (click here for the full PROBE news story ) These reviews identified a key area of improvement for our company was a “Future vision and shared vision, mission and goals”.

With the assistance of David Reid Group we met Tim Atterton and our vision for the future started to take shape.

In June this year we launched our Strategic Plan which now provides clear direction for Axis Packaging over the next 5 years.

Vision & Purpose
In developing a Strategic Plan, we also defined a Core Ideology and redefined by our Vision, Purpose & Values.

Our Vision
To become Western Australia’s leading, most innovative and technically proficient producer of
industrial packaging and,by so-doing, dominate the WA industrial packaging market.

Our Purpose
(Our fundamental reason for being that reflects the importance that we attach to our work)

To provide a quality, active and friendly service model that gives our customers,
and their goods, the assurance of Strength in Protection.

The Official Launch
On 28th June 2012, we held the official launch of our Strategic Plan.

The Launch allowed us to communicate the future direction of Axis Packaging, as well as celebrate the achievements of the past on which our future successes will be built.

Staff and special guests were invited to join us in the launch of the Strategic Plan. It was a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a drink and very nice food and for our staff to meet some key people who work alongside us.

“As Axis Packaging prepares for an exciting future it has been an important and rewarding step, sharing our ambitions and identifying how we all play a role in achieving them.”
Paul Sanbrook – Director

“The entire experience for me has been enlightening. I have gained an insight into the key functions and business needs to succeed. It was an exciting opportunity to look into our past achievements and to extract from these a plan for future growth and development. It has assisted me as General Manager to see clearly the road ahead. I look forward to seeing Axis Packaging go above and beyond our goals.”
Sharon Bagnall – General Manager

“I personally found the launch to be innovating, a fresh and captivating approach of the good things to come.
Building the foundation and vision of bringing together the people that make the company!”
Tammara Duncan – Account Manager

It is very encouraging to see a West Australian firm adopting a best practice approach to forming, implementing and sharing its strategic direction with it’s stakeholders. This work will provide a solid foundation for Axis Packaging in it’s pursuit of being a world class company. Enterprise Connect is delighted to have been able to assist the company in this journey!

Jeremy Dowling – Enterprise Connect

We are all looking forward to this next phrase of growing our business and continuing to be the best at what we do!

Due to a need to extend our office space, we arranged to hire a new transportable office to accommodate the need for a new meeting and training room.

At Axis Packaging we pride ourselves on our ongoing commitment to providing our staff with quality training programs.  This means we are continually improving processes around our packaging, and production of our timber crates and cases, and most importantly – ensures we meet our customers needs.

As we are growing at a rapid pace, and have recently employed new key personnel, we needed to convert our meeting and training room into office space.  Not wanting to stop our training programs, we made the decisions to hire additional space.  This is only a temporary measure as we are currently in the design phase of a large office extension.

The top set of images below show the new transportable being delivered to our yard, and the second set of two photos show how we have arranged the space inside to meet our ongoing training needs.

The transportable arrives at 11 Reggio Road, Kewdale!	Our yardman, Utt, directs the truck driver.	Utt directs the truck into our carpark.
The crane is prepared to lift the transportable.	The transportable is lifted off the truckbed.	Utt helps to brace the transportable.
The transportable is rotated 180 degrees.	The rotated transportable is moved into position.	The new transportable is installed!