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EastPack History

1983: Rangitaiki Fruit Packers Limited (now EastPack) begins
Land purchased on Eastbank Road, Edgecumbe – now site of EastPack head office
Packed 60,000 trays for 23 shareholders

1987: Edgecumbe Earthquake

1992: Kiwifruit market crash

1996: Purchased Opotiki Co-op – increasing supply to
3 million trays

1997: RFP changed its name to EastPack

2000: Purchased Zest Company

2001: Production increased to 6.6 million trays

2001: EastPack invests more than $20 million in packhouse and coolstore in Te Puke

2009: EastPack invests $9 million state of the art semi- automated fruit grader and sizer and coolstores in Te Puke

2010: Psa discovered in Te Puke
EastPack reports $10.5 million profit

2011: EastPack packs a record 21.4 million trays
Two new coolstores in Te Puke and one in Edgecumbe
EastPack offers 20 cents per tray reduction in packing costs for 2012 and 20 cents cash rebate

2013: EastPack and Satara merge to become the largest Post-Harvest operator in the industry. The merger delivers sustainably competitive packing rates, greater depth of technical expertise, and continued strong grower returns.