The factory can now make in an hour the same production that took a week in 1923. The picture below shows this machine, and below that is a diagram of how a bottle is made. Automated bottle forming machine, ten section double gob with 20 moulds. Makes 400 bottles a minute. Air is then blown into the mould from below and a crude bottle shape is created.
Air is blown in from above to form the final shape.
They pass through automatic inspection machines and are than shrink-wrapped onto pallets ready for delivery. The picture below shows a range of milk bottles from this factory, with two early cream bottles on the left. It became a tradition at the Auckland bottle works to make special bottles to mark the retirement of long serving staff. A dozen or so would be made, and sent to the bottling works to be filled with beer or wine or even whiskey, and then presented as a retirement gift from their friends at work. The picture below shows a selection of these special bottles, each marked with an inscription including name and date and sometimes personal comments.