Wrigley has celebrated sixty years of manufacturing brands like Juicy Fruit, Hubba Bubba, PK, Starburst, Skittles, Extra, and Eclipse from its plant in Asquith, NSW.
The plant first opened in 1958 in Sydney’s upper North Shore area, and since then, the company has invested over $80 million into the facility.
Projects have included building an energy efficient warehouse, installing a 540,000L rainwater harvesting system, upgrading production equipment and expanding production capacity.
The Wrigley factory has also been awarded as one of Australia’s best places to work, and was this year ranked as the #1 manufacturer in the 2018 Great Place to Work Awards, alongside its Mars Australia sister companies.
Wrigley says many of its employees have worked at its factory for decades, some even recruiting their family members. Ross Hannaford, the facility’s technical manager, has worked at Wrigley for 36 years, and has more recently been joined by his two sons (pictured below).
The plant's general manager Andrew Loader said: “As we celebrate this important milestone I’d like to thank the many people who have worked here over the last six decades.
“It’s our associates who have made this site the successful and vibrant Australian manufacturing hub that it is. We are incredibly proud to be a member of the Asquith community, and I can’t wait to see what the next sixty years brings.”
