Industry Membership

The "coffee industry" is extremely fragmented with over 300 coffee roasters in Australia servicing over 11,000 food service outlets.  Backing this up are the many service providers installing machines, attending to breakdowns, providing training plus ancillary services.

 

We have therefore been interested in developing industry contacts through associations.  While we are in daily contact with many like-minded organisations we also need to develop our network with industry companies whom we may not generally be in contact with.

 

Thus Gilkatho decided to join the Australian Coffee Traders Association.  ACTA have been representing the Australian coffee industry since 1940 – assisting and improving the standard, promotion and image of coffee by providing a platform for networking and furthering education.

 

The organisation was involved  in the successful negotiations of the exclusion of coffee from GST, instrumental in the reduction of duties on the importation of coffee and providing experienced judges for Royal Agricultural Society's coffee awards.

 

We are looking forward to the flow of industry knowledge.