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Defence Support
End-to-end engineering and fabrication support for defence contractors.

End-to-end engineering and fabrication support for defence contractors.

MACH Engineering is a division of Foodmach Pty Ltd, Australia’s largest independent manufacturer of automation solutions for packaging and logistics.

Based in Echuca, Victoria, MACH Engineering is 100% Australian-owned with a national footprint.

With 100+ team members, we use our 50+ years of experience solving robotics, automation and engineering challenges for global food, beverage and industrial manufacturers to support defence contractors.


Our mission is to partner with Australia’s defence suppliers to help them accelerate their delivery.


Why MACH?

Defence primes and defence suppliers are under pressure to deliver on timelines.

We're here to support you with a range of services that will help you:

  • Increase your operational efficiency
  • Reduce lead times
  • Enhance mission readiness
  • Scale up your manufacturing capacity
  • Mitigate risk and be assured of security

Our award-winning team of engineering specialists can take a project of any size or complexity and deliver it with confidence.

We provide all machining, fabrication, assembly and design services in-house, including mechanical, electrical, software and systems engineering.


Products and Services

MACH Engineering is a full-service engineering manufacturer specialising in the design, fabrication, installation, commissioning and life-cycle support of:

  • robotic automation
  • conveying
  • packaging
  • palletising systems
  • bespoke logistics equipment

We leverage our automation and engineering expertise to solve complex manufacturing challenges for component and sub-assembly supply contracts.

MACH also provides rapid-turnaround machining services.

As nearly all machining and fabrication capabilities are available in-house (not sub-contracted), quality, cost and most lead-time variables are under our control.


Engineering

Our engineering capabilities include:

  • 2D/3D Mechanical Design
  • Electrical Design
  • PLC Software Development
  • SCADA Software Development
  • Line Integration
  • Project Management
  • Site Installation
  • Commissioning
  • National Technical Support

Manufacturing

Our manufacturing capabilities include:

  • 7,100 m2 Factory Space
  • 4.0 kW Fibre LME Laser Cutter
  • CNC Brake Press
  • CNC Router and Lathe
  • Milling Machines
  • Welding Shop / MIG and TIG welders
  • 5 & 10-tonne Overhead Cranes
  • Sandblasting / Electrostatic Painting 

Quality and Accreditation

  • DISP Membership: In progress

  • ISO 9001: In Progress

  • Netsuite (ERP) and Total ETO (MRP) systems

  • Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards:
    • Innovative Product Development, 2022: Winner, Leader in Innovative Product Development and Commercialisation

  • Winner of APPMA Awards of Excellence:
    • Customer Systems Integration Award 2024: Pernod Ricard
    • Australian Machinery Manufacturer Award, Corporate 2024: Palletising

Customers

Our client references include:

AB InBev
Asahi Group / CUB
Australian Vintage Limited
BWX Limited
Chobani
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coopers Brewery
De Bortoli Wines
DuluxGroup
Fonterra
Kellogg’s
Kraft Heinz
Lactalis
Lion
Lindeman’s
Loscam
Malt Shovel (Lion)
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Mars
Mondelēz
Nestlé
Opal ANZ
Pernod Ricard Wines
Pirate Life (CUB)
Saputo
Simplot
Thales
Treasury Wine Estates
Unilever
Visy Glass
Yalumba


Contact Us

If there's a project you'd like assistance with, our team of specialists will advise you if we can help, or they'll certainly know who can. 

Book a callback here or phone 1800 366 362 (1800 FOODMACH).

We're here to help.

Just ask us

'It’s been fantastic to recognise Foodmach as the “Supplier of the Year” in the Engineering and Services category. Foodmach has been a long-term partner of Lion over the past 20 years and a major contributor to the successful delivery of a number of major capital works programs.'

Group Engineering & Sustainable Technologies Director, Lion