ABOUT US
WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN NESPRESSO® COMPATIBLE CAPSULES FOR COFFEE AND NON-COFFEE PRODUCTS
WHO ARE PODZ ?
Managed and operated by accredited industry professionals with years of relevant commercial experience, the team at Podz will ensure your coffee product is converted to a Nespresso® coffee capsule delivering the true flavour experience you demand.
OUR BUSINESS
OUR FANTASTIC TEAM
DARIUS PAVRI
Managing Director
“Darius is a BEng and MSc qualified Mechanical Engineer with many years practicing engineering around the world, largely in the offshore petrochemical industry. Much time was spent on the design, implementation and operation of mechanical systems ranging from process control to automated materials handling systems.
Darius has also owned and built micro-breweries, with over 15 years hands on experience in the day to day operations, maintenance and product development of both highly successful businesses.
Most recently, as Managing Director of PODZ, Darius has procured and setup a factory in the Melbourne suburbs, that specialises in the conversion of roasted coffee and other products, into coffee capsules. The two-year development of this project spanned from finance applications through to procurement and commissioning of the equipment through factory setup and layout.
Today, Darius is responsible for overseeing the supply chain of components to keep the factory in production, development of in-house procedure and to ensure compliance and record keeping is maintained to the highest standard.”
IAN JOHNSON
General Manager
Ian has extensive experience in coffee and has been involved in nearly every aspect of the coffee industry. He started his career as a coffee machine mechanic, from there he has opened his own coffee machine engineering business. From there he started his own roasting firm in 2007, roasting speciality coffee and supplying coffee and machines in the business to business sector supplying large public and private sector clients. He also branched out into online sales running a internet based company for domestic coffee machines and also opened a small chain of coffee shops. His passion for the coffee industry and desire to work closely with farmers also lead him to sell his main roasting business and start an ethically traded importing business dealing direct with farmers in over 10 countries. He works closely with organisations such as Connect Africa in Uganda, and House of the Heroes in the Philippines and is on the board of directors for a sustainable coffee partnership charity in the Philippines called Heroica Coffee. In 2014 he moved to Melbourne the coffee capital of the world in search of new opportunities where a connection was made with the Podz team and a great partnership began. Ian became the general manager for the podz operation and continues to use his knowledge and experience in the coffee world to push the boundaries of the pod market with the aim of delivering the finest coffee pod in the market.
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