In the first year of the promotion of red noses for SIDS in Australia (1989), the red noses were imported from China. The engineers at SL Plastics felt it could be done competitively, but being a labour intensive item how can any Australian company compete with the cheap Chinese labour?
After several brain storming sessions and prototype trials, an ideal design eventuated for an innovative thread tying machine. SL Plastics not only produced a high quality product but was able to manufacture at a cheaper price.
From the premises of manufacture, SL Plastics moulded, packaged and despatched to all areas around Australia.
Over the years, millions of funny red noses have been produced by SL Plastics and sold by SIDS resulting in a profitable campaign for research and sudden infant death syndrome factor reduction campaigns.