Established in 1927, Darrell Lea is the country’s largest privately-owned confectionery retailer. The company manufactures and distributes chocolate assortments, pick n’ mix sweets and signature products such as Rocklea Road, Darrell Lea Bites and Liquorice Lovers liquorice. COVA partnered with Darrell Lea to design and construct a fully automated manufacturing plant incorporating bagging and case packing facilities.
2012
As part of its nationwide expansion plans, Darrell Lea engaged COVA to design, engineer and construct a high-performing manufacturing plant for its liquorice business. In response to this, COVA engaged its mechanical and electrical teams to build a fully automated manufacturing plant incorporating bagging and case packing facilities.
COVA also created major time and cost benefits for Darrell Lea by installing a palletising system that drew on leading edge robotics technologies.
Recently, Darrell Lea has also strived to adopt sustainability and eco-friendly manufacturing principles. COVA addressed this priority by designing processes to minimise wastewater and implementing an automated Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) system to simplify and streamline the cleaning process.
From concept and commissioning to construction and final design, the project took only 18 months to complete.
