A state government grant is helping cap off a high-tech upgrade to a West Footscray manufacturer.
Guala Closures will use its $166,000 grant to help the bottle cap company invest in new state-of-the-art equipment, boost exports and create a dozen new jobs.
Williamstown MP and state industry and employment minister Wade Noonan announced the funding at a visit to the factory on Friday. The grant means Guala Closures will install new precision cameras that will improve the quality of the bottle caps it makes.
The Guala Closures Group supplies aluminium caps to some of Australia’s leading beverage companies and employs more than 4000 people around the world.
It has manufactured more than 14 billion caps since it was founded in Italy in 1954.
Mr Noonan said the grant for Guala Closures is part of the government’s Future Industries manufacturing program and will help create new jobs and secure the company’s future.
“Our focus is on growing the economy by supporting businesses, both large and small, to transition to an advanced manufacturing future,” he said.
Footscray MP Marsha Thomson said manufacturing businesses such as Guala Closures are at the heart of industry in Melbourne’s west with this funding boost helping to drive more local jobs.
