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Mayekawa - Lamb and beef hindquarter leg deboning automation scoping. logo
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Mayekawa - Lamb and beef hindquarter leg deboning automation scoping.

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Deboning lamb and beef hind quarter legs relies on dexterous knife handling and separation of meat and bone. These processes continue to require skilled human resource. Any automation process for the deboning task needs to perform as well as a butcher, with high efficiency and dependable consistency. Mayekawa Japan have...

1 Oct 2024 - 30 Oct 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Presentations at MLA convened workshops in China and Vietnam. logo
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Presentations at MLA convened workshops in China and Vietnam.

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

In collaboration with and led by MLA, AMPC was asked to participate in 4 workshops in Vietnam and China- Hanoi, Ho Chi Min City, Shanghai and Taipei. The workshops will focus on the cold supply chain, food safety and shelf life. A technical expert, Ian Jenson will present on the...

7 Mar 2025 - 19 May 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA)

The Future of MeatTech’ Professional Processing Careers 2026 logo
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The Future of MeatTech’ Professional Processing Careers 2026

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

With the acceleration of the adoption of cutting-edge technologies such as mixed reality, shadow robotics, CT imaging and other advanced subsurface sensing there is a growing disconnect between the current and the required skills that are within the workforce of the red meat processing industry. This project seeks to develop...

1 Jul 2025 - 30 Apr 2026

New South Wales, Australia

integratedSTEM Pty Ltd

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Cell Disrupter Technology – Increasing Revenue from Lower Value Portions - JBS

Increasing the value of meat processing products could lead to increasing returns for processors. Increasing the revenue and utilisation of lower value streams remains a focus for both MLA and AMPC R&D investments – this initiative will be under the agreed MLA-AMPC umbrella management agreement (UMA) (MLA led) following MLA’s...

30 Sep 2025 - 15 Jul 2026

Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA)

AI monitoring of sanitary dressing and foreign object detection logo
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AI monitoring of sanitary dressing and foreign object detection

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This project involves developing an AI-Based Hygiene (Sanitary Dress) Process Compliance Module and an AI-Based Foreign Object Detection Module for the Greenham Gippsland plant in partnership with Greenham. The AI-Based Hygiene (Sanitary Dress) Process Compliance module will monitor knife swapping and sanitization procedures, hand washing and staff presence at inspection...

7 Aug 2025 - 23 Mar 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Lumachain Operations Pty. Ltd.

Lamb DXA capability extension program logo
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Lamb DXA capability extension program

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This proposal outlines the requirements for further development of the Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) technology installed at Gundagai Meat Processors and JBS Brooklyn and Bordertown abattoirs in Australia. The DXA scanners currently installed have achieved AUSMEAT accreditation for the prediction of whole carcass composition of lean%, fat%, and bone%....

30 Jan 2025 - 2 Mar 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Murdoch University

Optimising an installed water recycling system for treatment of micro algae-laden raw water logo
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Optimising an installed water recycling system for treatment of micro algae-laden raw water

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

AMPC's strategic task of developing advanced water recycling methods will help build stronger member social licence with regional communities and global customers. The strategic task calls for world best practice in water recycling, which requires continuous improvement in effectively treating a variety of problematic raw water sources. Treating excessive micro...

27 Jul 2025 - 31 Mar 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Tessele Consultants Pty Ltd

Magnetic Conveyor: Proof of Concept Design & Simulation logo
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Magnetic Conveyor: Proof of Concept Design & Simulation

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This project aims to evaluate a proof-of-concept design and simulation of a sanitary magnetic conveyor for use in a value-added room environment for meat processing. The goal is to demonstrate the potential capabilities and benefits of this technology to transfer meat products in a nonlinear fashion, with the added ability...

5 May 2025 - 17 Oct 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Intelligent Robotics

Caprine and Ovine Cubing System (Two Concept Evaluations post IFFA) logo
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Caprine and Ovine Cubing System (Two Concept Evaluations post IFFA)

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Problem: Australian processors, as a collective, have largely ceased producing bone-in cubed or diced caprine and ovine products. Historically performed on a bandsaw, even with modern safety measures, this task is deemed too dangerous to be undertaken in Australian processing locations, especially under Australian WHS regulations and their associated consequences....

16 Sep 2025 - 4 Sep 2026

New South Wales, Australia

JBS Australia Pty Limited

AFD 2000 – Make Weigh Station logo
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AFD 2000 – Make Weigh Station

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Problem: The red meat processing industry faces persistent challenges with traditional make weight stations, including inaccurate measurements, operational inefficiencies and high labour costs. These outdated systems struggle to integrate with advanced technologies like thermoformer machines (large-scale manufacturing machines that mold a sheet of plastic over an object while simultaneously vacuuming...

25 Sep 2025 - 16 Dec 2026

New South Wales, Australia

The Western Meat Processors Unit Trust T/A Western Meat Packers