Detmold unpackages new global HQ in Adelaide
Adelaide-based Detmold has revealed plans for its new headquarters in Regency Park shortly after announcing a new collaboration agreement with Sparc Technologies to trial an innovative graphene-enhanced coating for packaging products.
Local businesses are key to their business plan, Detmold Group marketing and communications manager Matt Watson said.
“As a family-owned and operated business for more than 70 years, we understand the importance of working with other South Australian businesses to grow our economy and to support each other’s strengths,” he said.
“We’re partnering with local construction company Centina and with Adelaide-based architecture and interior design studio Studio Nine Architects.”
The new site will feature an open-plan, three-storey building, with formal and informal meeting spaces, an onsite café, and outdoor terrace.
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The company’s first manufacturing site was commissioned in Brompton more than 70 years ago. Now, the Detmold Group operates in 17 countries, has manufacturing facilities in seven countries and supplies some of the world’s largest food and retail brands.
Detmold’s plans for a new headquarters in Regency Park will bring its 240 South Australian employees under one roof, consolidating staff from eight sites across Brompton, Hindmarsh and Regency Park.
Watson said the move will “allow us to foster collaboration and innovation… while also supporting continued local and international growth”.
Site works are due to begin in June, with construction expected to start in the next few months. The project is scheduled for completion in October next year.
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Manufacturing at Brompton will continue, with plans to relocate the operations to Regency Park over the next five years.
The sustainability aspect of Detmold’s business is also recognised in the plans for the new site in Regency Park, which will integrate contemporary design with environmentally responsible solutions, and an open-plan layout that supports collaboration and innovation.
“The new building will adopt green design features to maximise natural lighting and ventilation and shade for energy efficiency, wellbeing and comfort, along with rainfall harvesting and recirculation,” Watson said.
Detmold partners with Sparc Technologies
The announcement comes just days after Detmold revealed its collaboration agreement with Sparc Technologies, a leading Australian company focussed on developing sustainable technologies for businesses, specialising in the use of graphene.
“We’ve got ongoing field trials for our flagship product called Ecosparc, which is an additive for coatings used on steel… with the South Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport, SANTOS and BHP… that is where we started with graphene”, Sparc Technologies managing director Nick O’Loughlin said.
The plans between Detmold Group and Sparc Industries, which have been in the works for over a year, leverage Sparc’s knowledge of sustainable technologies and apply them to the packaging industry.
Graphene has the potential to improve barrier-resistance, durability, strength, and flexibility, O’Loughlin said.
“Graphene is a material that can be incorporated into other materials quite effectively, and improve properties like strength, flexibility, and barrier resistance… what we’re looking to do with the collaboration is incorporate graphene into the polymer linings that are used in some of Detmold’s packaging products and hopefully improve the overall performance of those sustainable packaging products with those improved linings,” he said.
“One of the big drivers in the packaging industry is moving towards more sustainable packaging and Detmold are leaders in that area.”
Trials with potential graphene coatings for packaging products are ongoing, and if successful, could be incorporated into products as early as next year.
