Birchwood Packhouse Ltd, Katikati

Birchwood Packhouse Limited is a niche post harvest operator which provides orchard management services, packing and coolstorage facilities to the kiwifruit and avocado industry. Located in Katikati, the company was incorporated in 1987 with just four foundation shareholders. In 1992, due to a downturn in the kiwifruit industry, and in response to clients’ requests, the company took over the management of some orchards on a share cropping basis. In 1994 the company reviewed its structure due to the fact that three of the four original shareholders had sold their orchards and relinquished their interest in the industry. So as to ensure continuity of market share and production levels, Birchwood was purchased by its grower clients. Two grower directors were added to the Board - and the company was subsequently registered as a cooperative in 1997. It now packs in excess of one million trays of export kiwifruit.

• Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage
• Cool Stores
• Storage
• Packhouse
• Storage Services
• Warehousing
• Refrigerated Warehousing
• Warehousing & Storage
• Kiwifruit
• Seasonal Work
• Avocado
• Kiwi Fruit
• Birchwood Packhouse
• Avocado Packing
• Avocado Packhouse
• Kiwifruit Orchard
• Kiwifruit Packing
• Orchard Management
• Kiwifruit and Avocado Packhouse
• Coolstore
• Birchwood
• Kiwifruit Packhouse
• Avocados
• Katikati
• Bay of Plenty
• Cold Storage Facilities