The food processing and packaging equipment supplier tna Australia Solutions Pty Ltd. has announced the acquisition of Australian confectionery equipment supplier NID. Known across the food industry as a pioneer in the development of starch moulding equipment, NID has been supplying complete mogul lines for the confectionery industry for over 60 years. The acquisition provides tna with access to NID’s starch moulding technology and forms part of tna’s long-term strategic expansion plan, which will move the company one step closer to becoming a leading single source supplier to the confectionery industry.

Founded by entrepreneur and innovator Hans Arthur Faerber in Sydney in 1952, NID was the first company worldwide to patent the current form of tray stacking on a starch mogul. Faerber’s innovations were capable of speeds that had been unprecedented in the industry up to that point.

Since then, NID has proven itself in starch moulding machinery and ancillary equipment, with more than 600 NID moguls installed across the globe. NID provides some of the most reliable and trusted moulding technology on the market. Its latest generation of high-speed M3000 Mogul is the result of more than six decades of innovation and development and capable of production speeds of up to 35 trays per minute.

 “NID was the perfect fit for tna,” said Alf Taylor, CEO and co-founder of tna. “We share so many similarities. Both companies are family-owned businesses that started out with a passion for innovation, entrepreneurship and the determination to design equipment that could ‘do better’ and go that one step further than anything that’s been before.”