The Nci Packaging Shop
Packing in Darebin

MCI Packaging is a privately owned packaging company servicing many of the region’s leading manufacturers and brands. MCI has evolved from a specialist manufacturer of cans to become a key product partner to many of Australia’s leading paint, food and aerosol brands. With 60 years experience we are highly respected within our industry and have been consistently awarded for providing superior Customer Service against key metrics such as delivery performance and quality of product. We have developed a range of industry leading closures and tamper obvious features to ensure the integrity of your products. In addition, our aptitude to present custom shapes means that our customers are able to access a range of aesthetically pleasing, contemporary shapes. We understand that the appearance of your product is vital, which is why we have invested in lofty quality end to final decoration technologies for both metal and plastic: from multicolour lithographic printing directly onto tinplate, dry offset printing of aluminum aerosols and inmould labeling for injection molded plastic containers. All employees and contractors must complete this Site Induction earlier to commencing work. The MCI Packaging product range of tinplate and injection molded plastic packaging is suitable for many products and industries including: paint, building products, chemicals, industrial, retail wholesale food, edible oils, excess virgin olive oil, aerosols and many others. The plastic packaging range of injection molded pails and tubs includes: Sheeting and coating of tinplate and aluminum for enhanced appearance and performance. In June 1954, the two friends and work colleagues, Harry Terrell and Les Whitcroft, were lunching on a disused wharf on the Yarra River as they often had done, and during this lunch they decided to form a can company of their own. Harry and Les saw the opportunity for a small can company. At this lunch, Les said, Harry you know how to produce them, and I’m safe I can sell them. The first order was not for cans but for metal straps for wooden Coca Cola cases. Alan Pittman recalled the working arrangements for the case strap job. Les Whitcroft was the guillotine hand, Harry Terrell fed the metal into the shaping machines and tied the straps into bundles, Sincere O’Halloran set the machine and Alan Pittman made the dies to produce the strap ends. Invoice No.1 was for 133, maybe a little amount but it was the start. The founders started the company with a vision and set it on the road to triumph that has continued for over 60 years. After seven years, the company, while still little was important sufficient to have its own company magazine. National Can have outgrown the series of buildings at Meadowbank. Two operations were acquired being the. In 2001 MCI bought out the injection molding assets of Ruskin Plastics and integrated their activist. Acquired Impact Packaging (New Zealand) aluminum aerosol production assets.