NEW PLANT FOR FIRM

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31223, 22 November 1966, Page 13

NEW PLANT FOR FIRM

Office-Machine Conversion

In preparation for the task of converting office machines for decimal currency next year. Burroughs, Ltd., will have a new building in St. Asaph street, covering 6500 eq ft. It should be ready next month.

The premises are being built to accommodate a new office-machine decimal-conver-sion plant to cope with 7000 Burroughs machines in the South Island, with the exception of Nelson and Blenheim. Similar plants are being established in Auckland and Wellington to handle about 24.000 Burroughs machines throughout New Zealand. Staff ’ involved will number 137. ,

Training school for conversion technicians will begin in the new Christchurch building as soon as it is occupied. By early next year, the staff of the plant will number 37. The plant will handle the conversion of machines ranging from the smallest adding machine to electronic units. One of the Important aspects of the conversion programme is the co-ordination of transport arrangements to bring in machines and to return them to users. This will require detailed planning on a large scale, as machines are located in even the smallest country towns.

It is estimated that 700,000 miles will be covered by vehicles before the programme ends late in 1968.