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Agribusiness Value Adding Award 1997
Manildra Group
The Manildra Group adds value at each stage of the agribusiness chain. The chain commences with
purchasing wheat from farmers and ends with production and sale of ethanol and turning the full
circle with sales of silage back to farmers grown on the company farm. The silage is protein
enriched from water spray irrigated onto the farm.
The importance of adding value in our business can be highlighted with the following points:
Eight years ago the amount of wheat processed was 250,000 tonnes compared to 450,000 today.
Sales have grown 127% from 1989 to present. In this period Manildra has realised the key to growth
and success is to continue to add value to products. The major proportion of this sales growth
can be highlighted with the growth of new valued added products:
- Modified Dry Starches- 326% growth (to the food and paper industry)
- Ethanol- 1989 $0 to over $20m revenue in 1997 (industrial and fuel customers)
- Gluten- 203% growth, all exported (Bread and Food Protein enhancement)
- Silage- 6,000 bales per year
- Stillage- Recovered from waste, sold as feedstock
- Flour Mixes- New plant set up in 1996 to add value to flour. Products include Donut,Cake,
Specialised Bread and Muffin mixes.
Since 1972 exports have grown 700% represented by 430 containers exported p.a. to 20 countries
spread throughout the world. To further improve the value we add to our customers three technical
centres of excellence have been created. Manildra has a number of affiliations as sources of
contact and information to improve our business in every area eg, International Wheat Gluten
Association and Australian Institution of Food Science and Technology among many others. Manildra
has achieved a number of levels of certification in order to maintain the highest levels of
service to our customers and to ensure our business practices and processes are of the highest
standard.
Technology Alliances are had with; CSIRO Food Technology Division, Joint project currently
underway on Wheat Protein Ingredients for the Food Into Asia Steering Committee, University
of Western Sydney - Food Technology, Wheat Research Institute, Technology Transfer Agreements
have been made with Strategic Customers such as Amcor Paper Division and Visy papers.
Business Alliances are had with all Customers and Suppliers, Federal Department of Trade
(Austrade), Federal Department of Primary industry, Australian Wheat Board, Rabobank Australia,
ANZ Banking Corporation, Rothschild Australia and Ernst and Young.
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