Andy Martin

Running the engineering department covering daily production issues through to managing capital projects. 32 staff including; 2 Section Engineers, 3 Technical Assistants, covering Engineering and Technical stores and administration from electrical and mechanical to site buildings and services functions. Summary of installed plant and equipment; 2.5 ton John Thompson coal fired boiler. Ammonia Plant with 3 operating temperature systems of -12, -37 and -47. Having a capacity of close to 26 tons of NH3. GA90, GA45, ZT45 Atlas Copco air compressors and FD260, 280 and 300 refrigerant air driers. DAF waste water treatment plant with capacity of 10 KL per hour. 10000 L/hour APV Homogeniser and Pasteuriser 22 continuous freezers and ageing tanks AB PLC-SCADA system for processing areas fully automated using GEA-Tuchenhagen and Alfa Laval valves including mix proof valve technology. Filling & Packing Equipment; 4 Lane Big Drum cup and cone filler Gram GLIC and wire cutting extrusion systems Gram BT 700 Hardening Tunnel 6 wide Gram transfer robotics, dipping and high speed flow wrapping system. Three WCB RUF Rotary Fillers Five Acepak shrink tunnels Hoyer IM1500 moulding line with 10 lane IM1500 flow wrapper Projects have included the installation of; Hoyer Polytray Hardening Tunnel costing R12 million, In Line moulding machine at R14 million, two Sinteco AHU's at R4.8 million, complete new HT/LT system at R9 million, various pieces of new filling equipment in line with the high rate of new product introductions. Very involved in implementation of ISO 14000, OHSAS 18000 and ISO 22000 over the past three years.

Providing support to the hospice team and giving input to the management team on how to improve control of resources and advice on building maintenance management.

Automotive truck and bus development projects including design and development of local vehicles for the taxi recapitalization project. Conducting of the homologation vehicle tests for compliance to SABS specifications; 1.5 ton to 8 ton trucks and 18 to 80 seater buses for rollover testing. Drawn up all operating procedures and policies Running of the spares and after sales help line systems

The position allowed me to work as an integral part of a new management team that launched a joint venture operation between Nampak and SCA. The role included management of the production facility and later more focused development of the logistics aspect, through better production planning, SOP's and planned preventative maintenance systems and the installation/ commissioning of a new, state of the art Sanpro line and upgrade of the diaper line. Managed the following facilities (approx. 60 people); non-woven production, disposable diaper line, panty liner line 2 x sanitary towel lines for wing and standard pads On a 5 day week, 2 shift basis including the technical department. Equipment included; Non-woven line comprising; Trutzschler blending, fibre opening and transportation with Hollingsworth Carding machine, running through thermo-bonding and calendar system. (Sanpro production) Sanpro Line built by SCA Molnlycke, Optima automatic packaging machine Wing Machine designed by SCA Molnlycke and built by Cellulose Converting Equipment in Pescara Italy. (new line) Panty-liner machine built by SCA Molnlycke and Diaper line built by SCA Molnlycke with Optima automatic packaging machine. Implemented MFG Pro at the factory which included setting up the MRP system for reduced working capital and better planning. Reason for leaving; Took up a private business opportunity as a consultant, after successfully completing the upgrades

Ran the IS and Mechanical Maintenance sections of the engineering department at the Glass Factory were mainly beer and wine bottles were produced for the local market. Training was provided for me at Emhart in Sweden and at our Joint Venture partners factory in Italy (Vetri Glass, at the Savona Plant) Equipment under my responsibility included all services through to batch plant, cullet reuse, furnace to IS machines, annealing lehrs and cold end where the bottles were inspected and palletised automatically. Equipment also included bottle decoration. Main achievements included the installation of a new furnace and completed an upgrade of three IS machines using Emhart technology. Reason for leaving; applied for another position within the Metal Box/Nampak Group in South Africa, and was fortunate to be offered a more general management role to better my business and management skills outside of the engineering field.

Completed GCC (Government Certificate of Competency) in Durban Installed a new DWI plant from Green field site. Equipment installed included AC compressed air, Nash vacuum pump, cup press, body formers, can trimmers, conveying systems, can washer, coater and printer with peg ovens palletisers etc. Reason for leaving; Looked for another challenge within the Metal Box operations in South Africa, where I could better use my SA GCC qualification and was offered the maintenance engineers job at MB Glass.

Study for GCC Factories

Transferred to South Africa as Project Technician for MB. Trained on local equipment and worked at the Rosslyn plant upgrading can spray systems. Reason for leaving; Metal Box offered me a new role in to be part of the project team building a new facility in Natal.

1976 Westhoughton Comprehensive High School, Westhoughton, Lancashire; O Levels; Maths, English, Geography, Woodwork