Factory tries to remake the mould

A MILDURA-owned and operated plastics manufacturer hosted tours in it’s factory this week as a way of further connecting with locals.

Global Roto-Moulding director Larissa Lloyd-Ward said staff haven’t been as involved in the community as they once were and wanted to change that.

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, we didn’t do much marketing and advertising, and we weren’t as part of the community as we had been previously,” she said.

“So we’ve made an intentional push to be back in the community.

“We’ve always had school groups come through, but we’ve never opened to the general public this way before.

“We want people to know what we’re doing, that we’re here, and that we like to support the community.”

Ms Lloyd-Ward said she was surprised by the amount of people who signed up for the factory tours.

“We have 500 people booked for tours and are all booked out for the rest of the week,” she said.

“When we started, I thought if 300 people came through, we would’ve done really well, but we far exceeded that, and people seemed to have a good time.

“We’ve had all age groups come through from families, school groups, retirement homes, social clubs, and they have all seemed to have a good time.

“They’ve all said that they’ve learnt so much and previously didn’t know we were here.”

Global Roto-Moulding uses large machines to make plastic equipment like rainwater tanks and various agricultural supplies.

The company has also signed a three-year partnership with Spirit of Cricket Festivale to bring international games back to Mildura.