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Christmas & New Year Trading

It’s December already but we’ll still be on the job and working through. We’re open Monday to Friday EXCEPT for Friday 22 December and the usual public holidays, Christmas Day, Boxing Days and New Years Day – 25 & 26 December 1 January 2024 For Direct-to-Tech call 1300 301 784 Our tech are On-Call except on…

1 Billion Apples Packed with APORO (and counting)

Exciting news! The Aporo Robotic Produce Packer has reached a major milestone! 1 BILLION Apples packed so far J-Tech, along with our New Zealand parent company Jenkins Group, have been involved with the support the commercialisation of APORO from inception. From humble beginnings in a New Zealand kiwifruit shed to the first commercial install in March 2018,…

No More Tears

Huge congratulations to Dollings Produce in South Australia for the massive launch of their Tearless Onions into Woolworths. After years of development, the onions have hit the shelves to great fanfare and are now available at Woolworths in NSW, VIC and ACT. We’re super excited to have been able to provide the packaging to Dollings…

We’re Off To Hort Connections

We’ve been delivering the best labelling packaging and automation solutions to the Australian fresh produce industry for more than 25 years so we know the industry really well. We’re at Hort Connections again this year in Adelaide and we’re on stand 93 and 94 so call in and say hi. We’ve got quite a few…

We’re a Finalist with Naturpac™

There’s some really exciting news for us. We’re a Finalist in the Butler Market Gardens Environmental & Sustainability Award for 2023 with Naturpac™. Naturpac is an initiative of J-Tech Systems that we launched just two years ago. The mission is to change the way people think about packaging and get them to move towards positive…

GreenKeeper’s With J-Tech

Great News! We’re the new Australian supplier for GreenKeeper. GreenKeeper Iberia is the producer of high-capacity granules that absorb ethylene in fruit and vegetables. The granules limit the amount of ethylene that is produced to extremely low levels creating  a stable modified atmosphere for all varieties of fruit and veggies and once the granules are added to pre-packed…

It’s Citrus Season

It’s the citrus season again and we’ve got you covered with amazingly short lead times on all Sinclair labels and fruit tags, PLUS we’ve got the latest and greatest range of citrus packaging in stock ready to go. Any of our Sinclair labels team can help with getting labels to you quick smart, so talk with…

The J-Tech Technical Service Team

Have You Met The J-Tech Technical Service Team? We’ve restructured our whole tech team with the goal of providing better tech service and support for our customers. To start with, we now have hands on managers who work in the field themselves and really understand the needs and pressures of packhouses. They get it. The…

We’re Making Changes to Our Tech Services

We’re making real changes to how we deliver our technical service and support, check it out! Your thoughts and feedback are very welcome on how we’re going with our service. Talk to the techs or any of the J-Tech team with constructive comments – we’re always ready to listen and improve. For tech service and support from the…

Managing Projects Effectively is Our Priority

With the major focus shift to automation across the industry over recent times, we’ve seen how important it’s been to deliver professional Project Management services to our customers. Though many of the industry will already know him, for those who don’t, meet Rohan Ovens. Rohan started at J-Tech back in 2002 as a service technician, travelling all…

Happy Christmas

The year has flown by and what a year it’s been. We’ll be open through most of the Christmas period with the exception of the public holidays but we’re closing early for Christmas at 4pm on Thursday 23 December. The full details on opening and closing times are below. Our amazing service techs are still on…

Meet the J-Tech Automation Team

  Meet the Team These guys have been kicking goals with Automation for quite a few years, culminating in the 2022 Tech Innovation Award Win from the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) for our APORO Robotic Produce Packer. And, great as the Aporo is, it’s only one of the great range of automation the team have available…