Vocational Visit to Proway.
Posted by Michael Knight
on May 20, 2015
We all knew the smiling new manager at Proway - but most were suprised to see Paul in this corporate outfit. Things fell into place even more when we were told that the Chairman of the Board, and a significant investor was one of our club members, the incoming President, no less!!
The Rotarians in attendance were split into two groups, and headed off to see the operations around one big yard and two enormous sheds. Proway manufacture livestock handling equipment, and operate at the high quality, custom designed and innovative sector within the market.
The company employs around eighty people, with fifty based in Wagga Wagga, designing and fabricating the company's range of products, with the balance of the staff involved with installation all around the country.
The "Guru" of stock handling systems and animal psychology, particularly cattle, is an American woman called Mary Temple Grandin, worth searching for on Google. Proways equipment catalogue shows a photo of Temple Grandin at a Proway field Day in Queensland. The Bulletin Editor was impressed! The same catalogue reinforces the message from Paul.
When designing livestock facilities, our priorities are:
Operator Safety.
Animal Welfare and Safety.
Operator efficiency and stock flow.
Product Longevity.