52 | Mpac well positioned During the busy three months harvest period of March, April, May, Mpac operates 24/7 and team numbers swell by about 800 during harvest time across the coolstore and packhouse operations T T from page 50 Mount Pack & Cool REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT “Tauriko is also close to the Port of Tauranga which is where all of our fruit ends up before sailing to our markets around the world. Being close to the Port helps with logistics and costs. We are also close to the Tauranga residential suburbs, making it a short commute for our staff to get to work and that is always an appealing factor, especially with rising fuel costs.” Brendon says the Tauriko location was also about future proofing the business. “Because we are in an industrial/commercial area of Tauriko it provided Mpac with future options. If for some reason kiwifruit was to ever succumb to disease like psa, or something else happened we had a building that was on valuable land and could be repurposed.” Mpac’s current site that is developed and finished sits at around 6.5 hectares, and made up of a mixture of packhouse and coolstores. An additional 3 hectares of coolstore is now being constructed, and will provide an additional five million trays of static coolstore capacity, ready for next season’s harvest. “There is a combination of drivers for our growth,” says Brendon. “There is a lot of market talk about how much growth the kiwifruit industry has, but it has fluctuated with ups and downs over the last five years.” T T to page 55 CoolLogic - Proud to support Mount Pack N Cool ENSEN Steel Fabricators Limited • Experienced People • Streamlined Project Management • In-house Structural Detailing • Quality Fabrication • Dedicated Paint Shop & Blast Booth • Quality Control & Traceability • On-site Steel Erection 31 Te Maire St, Mt Maunganui | PO Box 2115, Tauranga p. 07 575 6080 f. 07 575 6800 e. info@jsf.co.nz www.jensensteel.co.nz We are proud to provide structural steel fabrication and installation to Mount Pack N Cool Proud to be associated with Mount Pack N Cool
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