JBS-owned smallgoods company, Primo Foods, has invested $7 million into a new boiler house at its Primo Chullora facility, intending to future-proof the site, which has been operating for 28 years.
Officially launched in 1985, Primo Foods has grown to one of Australia’s largest deli meat suppliers, and was acquired by JBS Australia in 2014 in a deal valued at $1.45 billion.
Delivered in partnership with Wiley, O’Brien Energy Services, and the Primo team, the new 12 MW industrial steam plant increases capacity by around 25 per cent, reduces CO₂ production by around 2850 tonnes annually, and provides around 55,000 gigajoules of gas savings per year.
According to O’Brien, the steam plant features two 6 MW OBY88 D-Type boilers and a purpose-built boiler room, engineered to support Primo's growing production requirements while improving energy efficiency.
Primo Foods COO, Jamie Eastley, said the company is proud to invest into solutions that not only strengthen operational capability, but also contribute to a more sustainable future.
“Steam is at the heart of our operations, powering everything we do, from producing quality products to cleaning – so reliability is essential. Initiatives like this increase our capacity, reliability, improve energy efficiency and provide significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,” said Eastley.
