Facilities

Te Puke

Address: 40 Quarry Road, Te Puke - View map
Phone: 07 573 9309

Janette Montgomery
Site Manager – Te Puke

Janette is one of the industry’s more experienced post-harvest operators and has been involved in the kiwifruit industry since 1982. She has extensive experience in fruit quality management and has held a senior management role at EastPack since 1990.

Alan Davidson
Packhouse Manager – Te Puke

Emigrating from Scotland three years ago, Alan started life with EastPack at the Edgecumbe site as a Line Manager. He then moved to the role of Production Manager at the Opotiki site and in 2010 was promoted to Packhouse Manager in Te Puke. Alan worked in the hospitality industry for Sheraton as a Fitness Manager and has a Degree in Sports Science.

Packing

• 6.4m trays of Zespri™ Green
• 6.0m trays of Zespri™ Gold
• coolstorage (on site)
• conventional (on site) - 4.5m trays – 17,280 pallets
• CA (off site) - 1.95m trays – 28,800 bins coolstorage
• coolstorage (off site)
• 1.09m trays – 4,377 pallets

• Site has three modern six-lane compact side-tipping fruit sizers, one of which utilises fully automated stacking, strapping and carton handling.

Edgecumbe

Address: 678 Eastbank Road, Edgecumbe
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Phone: 07 304 8226
Phone within NZ: 0800 722 554
Fax: 07 304 8262

Shelley Thompson
Site Manager – Edgecumbe

Shelley’s first involvement with EastPack began at the Edgecumbe site in 1988. After working in Wellington for several years with Tranz Rail and the Employers and Manufacturers Association Shelley rejoined EastPack in 2006 as Human Resource Manager. In 2008, Shelley became Te Puke packhouse manager. She transferred to the Edgecumbe site manager role in early 2011. She has a Bachelor of Business Studies.

Packing

• 3.75m trays of Zespri™ Green
• 980,000 trays of Zespri™ Gold
• coolstorage (on site)
• conventional - 2.0m trays – 7,800 pallets
• CA green - 850,000 trays – 12,140 bins

Specs and Info

• Utilises a modern six-lane Compac side tipping fruit sizer with 12 grading tables.
• This site has full BIO-GRO certification.

Opotiki

Address: Stoneycreek Road, Opotiki
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Phone: 07 315 5226
Fax: 07 315 5224

Kerry McCree
Site Manager – Opotiki

Kerry joined EastPack in 2007 and has 30 years experience in the food manufacturing and coolstorage industry. He has worked for AFFCO (Plant Manager at AFFCO Rangiuru, Te Puke) and Plant Manager at PPCS Takapau, in central Hawkes Bay. Kerry comes to EastPack with experience in the kiwifruit industry after managing coolstores at Bay of Plenty Fruitpackers now Satara.

Packing

• 2.6m trays of Zespri™ Green
• 1.7m trays of Zespri™ Gold
• coolstorage (on site)
• conventional - 1.3m trays – 5,200 pallets
• CA - 1.1m trays – 16,000 bins

Specs and Info

• Utilises a modern six-lane Compac side tipping fruit sizer with 12 grading tables.