Holiday Break & Return Dates 2024

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It’s that time of year when we juggle the Megara work-life balance of getting your projects delivered on time, whilst taking some down time for our team.

The team at Megara will be wrapping up for the Christmas and New Year break at midday on Thursday 21st December and will re-open on Wednesday 3rd January 2024.

Final 2023 Deliveries & Pickups

  • Deliveries available until 12pm Thursday 21st December
  • Pickups available until 12pm Thursday 21st (Melbourne metro only)
  • We recommend that interstate pickups are made by Thursday 14th December but are unable to guarantee deliveries due to the high level of transport demand at this time.

2024 New Year Return

  • Customer Service, Sales, & Warehouse – Wednesday 3rd January
  • Extrusion – Corex Plastics and Corex Recycling – Wednesday 3rd January
  • Extrusion – Megara – Wednesday 10th January
  • Bindery & Fabrication – Monday 8th January

Please contact your Account Manager prior to this date to ensure we can accommodate your design, manufacturing, and delivery requirements.

If you need to contact us over the break about urgent warehousing and distribution jobs, you can call our head-office number 03 8720 6600 or for new product and order enquiries email hello@megara.com.au.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support this year.

Wishing you a happy and safe Christmas and New Year break. We can’t wait to see you all in 2024!

We have a new home

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We now have most of our Megara team, machinery, and resources at our new home with Corex at 261 Frankston-Dandenong Road, Dandenong South and are in the final stages of our relocation which will be complete by late January 2023.

To celebrate our new home, we have created a unique gift for our customers.

 

Our Kerbeco® Plant Holders are made from 50% recycled waste that has been collected from kerbside recycling, reducing landfill.  Kerbeco sheet is made right here on site. All post-industrial waste (scrap from cutting) is then used again in other recycled sheet products in our PROMEG Ecorange®.

The design of the Plant Holder is not only stylish and practical, but it also maximises sheet yield, minimising waste. The design also includes a wicking basket which retains the water in the plants pot.

We have also included a 2023 calendar to make your Plant Holder even more functional and perfect for your office desk.

Get in touch with your account manager to receive your Kerbeco® Plant Holder. hello@megara.com.au

We can’t wait to see you all in 2023 at our new home!

Read more about our holiday break and site relocation here >

Holiday break announcement & site move update

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It’s that time of year when we juggle the Megara work-life balance of getting your projects delivered on time, whilst taking some down time for our team.

We will be wrapping up for the Christmas and New Year break at midday on Thursday 22nd December and will re-open on Wednesday 4th January 2023.

Final 2022 Deliveries and Pickups

• Deliveries available until 12pm Thursday 22nd December
• Pickups available until 12pm Thursday 22nd (Melbourne metro only)
• We recommend that interstate pickups are made by Thursday 15th December but are unable to guarantee deliveries due to the high level of transport demand at this time.

Please contact your Megara Account Manager prior to this date to ensure we can accommodate your design, manufacturing, and delivery requirements.
If you need to contact us over the break about urgent warehousing and distribution jobs, you can call our main head-office number 03 8720 6600 or for new product and order enquiries email hello@megara.com.au

Relocation to Dandenong South

Megara design and manufacturing team enjoying their new home at Dandenong.

Since our merger with Corex in February this year, the teams at Corex and Megara have been making and executing plans for the smoothest possible assimilation into Corex’s Dandenong South location. These plans were designed to minimise disruption to our valued clients.

We now have most of our Megara team, machinery, and resources at our new home in Dandenong South and are in the final stages of our relocation which will be complete by late January 2023.

Thank you so much for your ongoing support in 2022.

From the teams at Corex, Corex Recycling and Megara, we would like to wish you all a happy and safe Christmas and New Year break. We can’t wait to see you all in 2023 at our new home!

Kind regards,
The team at Megara

DOWNLOAD: MEGARA – Holiday Break Announcement – 1 December 2022 

Christmas Packaging

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Looking for some Christmas Packaging Inspiration?

Throughout the year, our team works on all kinds of projects from POS display, signage, horticultural and customised stationery products.

But during seasonal and special times like Christmas, Easter and Mother’s Day, our design and manufacturing teams gear up to get creative.

Megara specialises in creating unique packaging and GWP (gift with purchase) solutions that communicate the value of your brand. Seasonal occasions naturally bring out our fun and creative best!

With design, manufacturing and recycling all under one roof, it’s not too late to create the perfect customised packaging solution for Christmas.

Designed & made locally from our own polypropylene

It all starts with our 100% recyclable polypropylene made on site at Megara.

We make PROMEG® polypropylene which is stocked in a wide range of opaque and translucent colours including, clear (frosted), white, black, yellow, orange, burgundy, blues, red, greens, greys, silver, and translucent orange, yellow, pink, red, purple, blue, green and grey. We also make custom colours to match your corporate brand colours.

SHEET: Stunning Translucent Toffee Apple Red custom made PROMEG®.
DESIGN: Left: Twist top lolly package. The twist lid design doubles as a serving bowl. Right: Carry bag lolly package with gravity feed opening.

Recycled & Recyclable

Our manufacturing site is truly closed loop. All of our scrap sheet (post-industrial waste) is recycled at Megara, and recreated in a range of different sheet products in our PROMEG ECORANGE®.

We also make a sheet called KERBECO®. As the name suggests, KERBECO® is made from 50% recycled waste that has been collected from kerbside recycling.  It is also a 100% recyclable substrate that you can put into your recycling bin or return to us here, at our plant in Melbourne.

KERBECO® is a white sheet with the odd “recycled fleck” running through it, ready to print and make your brand stand out. What a better way to promote your brand than on an Australian made, sustainable, Carbon Neutral material.

Twist box design in recycled PROMEG ECOLOGIA® Sheet.

No cookie cutter packaging designs here!

For businesses that have worked with Megara before, you know that our specialist polypropylene industrial designers are second to none. Megara designers are the market leaders in creating bespoke packaging using polypropylene.

Our designers do not just create amazing designs that wow customers, they create designs that maximise materials and sheet yield, minimising waste whilst giving you the biggest bang for your budget.

Megara’s expert design team will work with you to create a sustainable solution that embraces your brand and speaks to your audience.

SHEET: Toffee Apple Red opaque PROMEG®. Sheet co-extruded with white to give it a super vibrant glassy aesthetic.
DESIGN: Twist top with compartment for coasters in the lid.

Why Megara.

+ Designed by polypropylene experts with your brand, budget and environment in mind.

+ All waste products are reused in our recycled range to make products for tomorrow.

+ Our packaging solutions are designed to be reusable. Create a product that your customers want to keep; a constant reminder of your brand.

+ Highly memorable, iconic, original designs that are unique to your brand.

+ One-stop shop that offers all services in one location. We will take care of your project from start to finish. The buck stops here!

Contact our team to discuss your next seasonal packaging project hello@megara.com.au

Christmas Envelope Design in Red PROMEG®.

Megara and Corex Collaborate at Bulk Expo

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The team at Megara love a design challenge!

After joining forces with like-minded Australian manufacturing pioneers Corex earlier this year, we were excited to get creative with our first collaborative project; an expo stand created using our combined product range!

Our first showcase together was  The Australian Bulk Handling Expo 2022 held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th August. We were all excited to get out in Melbourne again after a 2-year hiatus from trade shows to showcase our locally made storage, packaging and transportation solutions made from Corflute® and Promeg®.

Corex’s Corflute® and Megara’s Promeg® products are both designed to be reused, and are environmentally and economically more sustainable than single use cardboard packaging solutions.

Counter display with integrated header. Flat pack design made entirely from polypropylene. Tabs together with no glue or tape required.

Display Design

Together we built everything on the stand from benches, counters, and signage, through to our new promotional give away Swatch Trucks which feature both of our signature sheet ranges.

Using Corex’s fresh and new brand elements, the Megara design team created all display items using Corex’s colours and iconic Corflute® brand. A combination of Megara and Corex substrates were used to create the display pieces including Promeg®, Bollaboard® and Corflute®. Everything was printed and cut on site at Megara.

Digitally printed polypropylene display tables. A powerful solution extending the brand experience.

Corflute® and Promeg Ecorange® Swatch Truck. Designed to provide inspiration for your next display or packaging project.

About Corex and Megara

Corex is a unique Australian closed loop business with polypropylene sheet extrusion, fabrication, and recycling all on one site.

Corex together with Megara, have created a specialist range of products and services including polymer engineering, industrial design, printing, and fabrication so that we can offer a one-stop-shop to bulk handling manufacturers and producers.

Everything that we make is made to order so that can produce things to your exact specifications.

Contact the Megara team to create your next expo or retail display customerservice@megara.com.au.

 

Megara has taken the pledge!

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Operation Clean Sweep

 

Here at Megara, we take our responsibility to protect the environment very seriously. From closed loop manufacturing and zero post-industrial waste, it was a no brainer for us to take the next step and join Operation Clean Sweep.

 

For those of you that don’t know, here is a brief snippet from their website to fill you in…

 

“Making zero pellet loss your goal.

 

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) introduced the Operation Clean Sweep® program to the USA in 1992. Since then it has also been successfully implemented in over 22 jurisdictions including Europe, New Zealand and Canada. The message is simple: Resin pellets should be contained, reclaimed and/or disposed of properly. The program has now been introduced to Australia in an effort to follow the USA industry goal of zero pellet loss. This project was funded through the Victorian Government’s Litter Hotspots Program.”

 

The process of manufacturing Promeg polypropylene sheet starts with our raw ingredients in pellet form. These pellets are tiny and can easily end up on the floor and then eventually into our water ways. By joining Operation Clean Sweep, we’re not only helping ourselves, but the planet too. It’s a win-win.

We have signed a pledge to demonstrate our commitment to a clean environment and are proud to be a part of such an important movement.

 

To find out more head to www.opcleansweep.org.au

 

Questions? Give us a call on +61 3 8720 6600 or shoot us an email at hello@megara.com.au

Case Study: Promeg® Antimicrobial

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If you didn’t already know, Megara can produce antimicrobial Promeg.

What does this mean?

Promeg antimicrobial helps control the spread of bacteria.

 

With globally spread infections becoming increasingly prevelant, more and more of our clients are looking at ways to improve infection control.

Antimicrobial Promeg provides continuous antimicrobial properties to products used in areas where infection control is particularly important.

 

Some typical products that can benefit from antimicrobial added into to the material include folders, clipboards, inflight safety cards or swatches.

 

This product innovation adds additional value to the products in which it is used – primarily because human health is the number one priority in the minds of businesses and consumers alike.

 

Want to know more? Get in touch!

Architectural screening, by John Wardle Architects for NGV International

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Colour, translucency and shape make Promeg an ideal screening substrate for architects.

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Design workshop and factory tour for designers

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The Active Display design team joined us last month to tour our facility and get some fresh ideas.

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Promeg floating origami, by Moth Design for Asahi Festival Bar

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Moth design created a sleek and inclusive festival bar for the Melbourne Fashion Festival

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