Typical of Goetz solid performance over the years, these charts show the details of Goetz Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. sales and expenses from 1947-1950
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July 1947 – June 1948
July 1948 – June 1949
July 1949 – June 1950
Goetz was a great place for training apprentices.
Above: From ‘The Navy’ magazine. July 1950, Vol 14, no. 7, p.6. Click image for larger version.
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A collection of job advertisements from ‘The Age’ newspaper.
13 March 1940. p.18
2 February 1946. p.18
23 March 1946. p.19
29 June 1946. p.19
27 January 1951. p.12.
In the early 1950s, Goetz brought skilled tradesmen from the U.K. under a migration scheme sponsored by the Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers. As part of the scheme, Goetz was obliged to provide accommodation for workers and therefore purchased suitable properties at Newport and Williamstown.
In addition to the cost of the accommodation properties, extra finance was needed as Goetz had acquired an interest in a foundry in Grace Street Dandenong in 1948, and made outright purchase in 1949 whereupon they commenced construction of an ‘up to date’ facility on the site. By 1951, the new foundry was still incomplete, requiring an additional ₤8,000 to complete the work.
Therefore, in April 1951 the company made available an issue of 35,000 ₤1 5% Cumulative Preference Shares.
31 March 1951. p.30
1 March 1952. p.41
The machine in the photo below is the Goetz 47p 12 Head Closer installed at Masterfoods production line A at Wodonga in 1994. This machine also has a 52 valve air piston filler attached. By 2002, this machine had filled over 20 billion cans!
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In 1991, Goetz installed to Uncle Ben’s production line G, an 8 header closer and 99 dia 47p maxi can, used for producing pet food. By 2002 it had produced 9 billion cans.
In 2005 Ken Scott designed and built, with Masterfoods workers, a new 36 air piston rod valve UF filler. Commencing production in 2006, this machine had the same setup as the Masterfoods A and G line 47p fillers.
Source: Ken Scott.
Below: The 47p manual weighed in at about 150 pages. Click image of larger view.
