News

Industry awards honour tna founder

  •  24 August 2007
  • 0 comments

As part of a formal presentation ceremony, Minister for Western Sydney, Barbara Perry and guests visited the tna corporate support office in Sydney this week and presented tna’s founder, Alf Taylor, with the Western Sydney Industry Awards (WSIA) Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

She also congratulated the tna staff on a job well done in becoming a finalist in the Global Excellence category.

From humble beginnings 25 years ago in the Taylor family’s garage, tna has grown into a leading supplier of turn-key integrated packaging and processing solutions for food production companies worldwide.

"I couldn’t have done it without the help from all the people around me," said Taylor.

"The tna team represents the great and diverse talent abundant in Western Sydney’s business community."

The Honorable Barbara Perry officially announced the WSIA award winners at the Awards Gala night at Sydney Olympic Park in May and was visited tna to present the award.

During her visit, the minister and her guests toured tna’s headquarters, which houses 46 employees in research and development, sales, marketing, finance, human resources and project management and services.

tna also has a manufacturing facility in Croydon, Australia, and has sales and service teams throughout the world in Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and the Americas, and employs more than 200 people worldwide.

tna, celebrating its 25th anniversary in business this year, has set the benchmark in the industry for vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS) packaging systems, creating highly efficient machines, using less parts with a simple design to increase maximum output and flexibility.

Today, tna provides a complete line of products from its well known Robag VFFS baggers; Roflo product distribution and accumulation equipment; seasoning systems; multihead scales; checkweighers; date coders; metal detectors, case packers; palletisers; and complete processing equipment tna core products offer a range of Robag stand-alone and turn-key systems that are renowned in the industry for bagging speed capabilities, efficiency and overall performance.

Add a comment

Add a comment Comments

No comments found, be the first to add one.
Thank you very much.

Your comment has been submitted.

Required

Please enter your name.

Required, but never displayed.

Please enter a valid email address.

Optional, and linked if provided.

Required and you can write upto 600 words for your comment.

Please enter your comment and limit it to 600 words.

Required

Please enter the code shown on the right.
Check this box to receive the latest updates in our email newsletter.
to get Packaging
delivered to your inbox

Recent comments

International bills to pay? Sign up now!