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About Us
History
In 2002, Hybrid Ag was established in Melbourne by the Rowe family to address the growing need for higher quality produce. With a focus on ensuring soil health and through it the correct plant nutrition, HybridAg delivers sustainable solutions for today & responsible outcomes for the next generation.
As demand for high quality, sustainable fertilizers grew, the family made the strategic move to Wangaratta in North East Victoria in 2005.
With the business experiencing rapid growth, the group began to look at other markets for expansion.
This passion to deliver great locally made products and reduce the emissions polluting our atmosphere saw the Rowe family start Spectrum Fluid Technologies in 2008.
With chemistry lab & de-salination plant on site Spectrum Fluid Technologies began making Ad-Blue for treating diesel emissions.
ENTER COVID 19
With media reports increasingly covering the Wuhan Covid19 outbreak, Australian retailers and wholesalers desperately sought to purchase Hand Sanitiser. In February we were contacted by an Australian wholesaler to ask if we could manufacture hand sanitiser for them. At that stage, China had refused to allow the export of hand sanitiser to other countries, including Australia. This left our country disastrously short of sanitisation product.
After careful consideration of the impact to our existing operations, and wanting to help out with the shortage dilemma that was presenting itself nationwide, we agreed to rise to the challenge!
We converted one of our facilities to hand sanitiser production. 100’s tonnes of product used in other areas of the business were relocated. Cherry pickers were brought in to assist with pressure washing & sterilising sheds. Stainless Steel Tanks were commissioned for making batches of hand sanitiser. After many long days, weekends (and a few all-nighters), Eco-San hand sanitiser was born.
Out of work locals were brought in en masse to assist with the manual bottling and labelling of product. Bottles had to be sourced from multiple suppliers amid the extreme demand for product. Machinery was brought together from all over to facilitate the increase in capacity of production. What began as a manual bottling system is now a fully automated production facility, capable of producing 24,000 bottles per day!
Australian Made for Australian People
Spectrum now produces hand sanitiser for 5 brands under their label as well as our own Eco-San brand.
Going forward we are exploring exports to the USA and other international destinations.
We feel strongly as a group, that in Australia, we should not be importing hand sanitiser from the country that was responsible for the outbreak in the first place!
We are able to supply the highest quality hand sanitiser available – made with Australian ingredients, employing Australian workers, owned by an Australian family – and supporting a rural community!
We would love to assist you with your sanitisation supplies!