By CASEY NEILL
For the second year running, Corex Plastics was among finalists for the Large Manufacturer of the Year at the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame awards.
The Dandenong company didn’t take home an award from the Thursday 9 June gala dinner but managing director Simon Whiteley was still pleased to be recognised as an exemplary manufacturer.
He said the nomination was recognition of the dedication and innovation by staff to be the best in polymer sheet production in Australia, and more specifically Melbourne’s south-east.
“Sustainable business practices aren’t about awards but the dedication of the employees, and best practice to keep us at the top of our game as market leaders and ahead of the competition,” he said.
“While the award is a public recognition, the build up to this point has been developing for many years and through the continued success of the business in a highly competitive market place.
“It is a nod to this dedication by all staff that we have been nominated in consecutive years.”
Corex was established in 1985 and is now the country’s largest manufacturer of hollow profile and solid polypropylene and HDPE sheet products, and the number one manufacturer of twin wall profile fluteboard sheet.
The company recycles up to 20 tonnes of plastic each day, and its new products have about 50 per cent recycled content.
Mr Whiteley said plastic was more recyclable than cardboard.
“We want to divert stuff away from landfill and back into the plant,” he said.
