December 18, 2024

Western Australia's D'Orsogna gets $1 million grant to expand, upgrade meat production facilities

Australian smallgoods producer D'Orsogna has received a $1 million Western Australia Government Value Added Investment Grant.

The third-generation WA family business will use the grant to help with an expansion and upgrade of its salami and fresh meat production facilities in Palmyra, its WA headquarters.

D'Orsogna managing director Jason Craig said the grant will be co-invested in establishing automated manufacturing technologies to increase capacity and efficiencies in the production of cooked sausages, including cabanossi, tasty sticks and fermented salami products.

In addition, the boning room will be upgraded with layout changes to increase meat volume throughput and a packing area transformed with new equipment for more efficient transfer of fresh meat into retail-ready packaging.

"The Palmyra plant has been D'Orsogna headquarters since 1973 and the family continues its 75-year investment in WA with the assistance of this Value Added Investment Grant," said board member Eugene D'Orsogna. "We thank the WA Government and DPIRD for their continued support of food manufacturing."

Craig said the investment in WA will benefit the state's pork industry through increased demand and provide ongoing skilled employment opportunities within the meat industry.

At least 10 full-time equivalent roles will be created in the process, adding to Palmyra's existing workforce of 500 and complementing D'Orsogna's Merrifield, Victoria, production plant which employs a further 300.

- Food Technology & Manufacturing