ACM was expected to hire 50 workers employees at the new plant but recruited up to 65 staff, which is partly because of the support from the Victorian Government’s Regional Jobs Fund.
The company has nearly doubled its annual capacity since construction of the new facility was completed just over two years ago.
The Girgarre manufacturing facility now has a processing capacity of 200 million litres of milk a year.
ACM Girgarre chief executive officer Jason Limbrick said the Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund helped contribute to construction and equipment for the Girgarre facility.
“We have had steady growth since the construction of the factory commenced in 2017 and we’ve seen good growth during that period,” Mr Limbrick said.
“Demands of the business and various roles across both at the factory and supporting the factory has grown over that time.”
Mr Limbrick said the growth was great to see as many of the staff at the plant were locals.
“It’s great that they are working with us and are close to home,” he said.
He said the company was prepared for the potential expansion of production.
“We created a lot of full-time, ongoing jobs as a result of the construction of the factory,” Mr Limbrick said.
“It’s been terrific that we’ve had a number of these staff with us for the journey the past four and a half years to get us to where we are today.”
Mr Limbrick said the company would look to expand further as demand increased, which would mean more jobs for the area.
ACM has expanded its product range, which includes milk powders, cheese, butter and cream products across conventional and organic milk.
All product categories have been recognised with awards from the Dairy Industry Association of Australia during the past two years.
ACM also recently won gold medals for its butter making for the second year running as well as its skim milk powder products.
“Not only have we been able to build the plant and create jobs but we are also producing a high-quality product” Mr Limbrick said.
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