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This month we launched our customer newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to inform our customers about what is happening at Hoxton and the variety of services we can offer. Our newsletter is also a great way to get to know Hoxton Industries and the people who work there. If you don't already receive our newsletter and would like to, just subscribe here.  

We have just commissioned our new granulator in Cut 2 Shreds. This granulator is an integral piece of equipment for our security destruction jobs and is capable of processing up to 2 tonne of material a day. Pictured with the granulator is our Cut 2 Shreds Senior Supervisor — Sophon Em.

We recently had a morning tea and naming of our canteen in honour of Ken Charlton (right). Ken was our former Production Manager who passed way earlier this year, he was an extremely dedicated member of our team who had been with the organisation for over 30 years. Pictured at the morning tea are some of Ken’s family members.

We recently commissioned a new skin packer machine that is capable of skinning up to 2500 items per day. Skin pack or skin packaging is a type of carded packaging where a product is placed on a piece of paperboard and a thin sheet of transparent plastic is heated and moulded to the product. The plastic bonds to the heat-seal coating on the paperboard. The skin-packed piece then may need to be cut into individual units. Skin packing is ideal for retail presentation and also provides security for your product. Skin packaging is popular among cosmetic, automotive and hardware items.

Employee Balwant was nominated for and won a Rotary Pride of Workmanship Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to our workplace. Balwant is a dedicated and valued member of the Hoxton Industries team and has been employed with us for three years. Balwant's specialty is skin packing, which he has become very proficient at. Balwant states that the best part of working at Hoxton is the happy environment.

As of 1st April 2010, Hoxton Industries has been certified to the ISO9001 Quality Management System. This certification has proved invaluable in terms of updating our business processes and our best work practices. This is reflected in our greatly reduced production non-conformances and our newly instituted systematic quality control checks.

We have recently commissioned a new hood shrink machine. Depending on your product this machine is capable of shrink-wrapping 500 units per day and is generally used for uniquely shaped or difficult to shrink products as it allows for greater flexibility. Shrink-wrapping is generally used for security or presentation of your product and is popular for retail items.

The official opening of our building extensions was held on February 17 2009, conducted by our President Gary Followill and our local Member for Werriwa Chris Hayes. The day was enjoyed by our employees, staff, Board of Directors and family and friends. We also held tours of our new facility on the day for members of the public.

Our building renovations and extensions are finally finished! The building works have had a massive impact on our workplace and took just over 7 months to complete. The renovations included; 200sqm dedicated customer storage area, over 200sqm of additional floor space, new offices, refurbished employee amenities and landscaped gardens!

Our Literacy and Numeracy group won an award at Liverpool City Council’s International Day for People with Disability Awards Ceremony. Pictured here are two of our employees accepting the award from Mayor Wendy Waller.

This year our annual celebration for International Day of People with Disability was bigger and better then ever! Our employees enjoyed a fun packed day of activities and even a little karaoke.

Thank you to all our families, friends and local business and clubs that supported our “paver fundraiser” this year to raise money towards our building renovations. The pavers take pride of place at the entrance to our building and look fantastic!

We are proud to announce the launch of our new business venture called Cut 2 Shreds. Cut 2 Shreds is a Security Document Destruction service operating from our Hoxton Park site. Cut 2 Shreds will service the Security Document Destruction needs of businesses in South West Sydney. This new business venture will also offer exciting new employment options for 20 of our employees.