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Introducing Opal

Opal is an innovative and solutions led paper and packaging group striving for excellence in everything we do. A member of the Nippon Paper Group, Opal has operations in Australia and New Zealand, making us one of Australasia’s leading packaging companies.

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Innovative products

Opal works in partnership with our customers to deliver innovative packaging solutions and eye-catching displays, as well as copy and printing papers that you can rely on.

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Think Opal

Opal is one of the leading packaging and paper manufacturing groups in Australia and New Zealand. We have more than 80 operating sites and export to over 70 countries around the world.

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Future

At Opal we are focused on targeting a number of areas to secure our success in the future. These include partnering with our customers, delivering innovative solutions and leveraging research and technology.

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Sustainability

At Opal our high quality, innovative products are used every day all over Australia and New Zealand. We are committed to a circular economy approach through recycling, and procuring wood fibre from responsibly managed sources.

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Thinking packaging. Discover Opal.

Opal is an innovative renewable packaging company which is part of the Nippon Paper Group. With operations in Australia and New Zealand, Opal is one of Australasia’s leading packaging and paper companies and we directly employ more than 4,000 employees across our operations. Opal offers sustainable fibre packaging solutions to suit every customer.

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Opal works closely with our customers to deliver a comprehensive range of packaging solutions from corrugated boxes, solid board folding cartons, bags and sacks to point of purchase displays, general materials and supplies and sustainable packaging solutions.

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Paper and Board

Opal operates Australia’s most advanced brown packaging recycling facility where we produce 100% recycled liners and corrugating mediums. We also manufacture kraft liner board and specialised packaging papers including bag and sack kraft.

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Office and Home

Along with our extensive range of packaging paper and board, Opal is the only Australian manufacturer of copy paper including leading brand Reflex®. We are also a leading producer of envelopes, stationery and playing cards with Olympic, Tudor and Queen’s Slipper part of our well known brand portfolio.

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Opal Australian Paper

Opal Australian Paper has a proud history in local paper manufacturing. The Maryvale Mill opened in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley in 1937 and has since grown to be one of the largest employers in the region, manufacturing close to 600,000 tonnes of paper and board annually.

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Opal Paper and Recycling

Opal Paper and Recycling annually converts more than 450,000 tonnes of recovered paper, primarily old corrugated containers (OCC), into high quality recycled liners and mediums.

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Opal Fibre Packaging

Opal Fibre Packaging supplies a wide range of innovative corrugated packaging solutions to a broad range of market segments that includes FMCG, fruit and produce, protein, dairy, dry goods, wine, beverage and industrial manufacturers.

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20 Sep 2022

Opal partner with Punchbowl to support “Kiwifruit in Schools” program

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Victoria’s first Bottom Ash Recycling facility approved for development
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Ask R U OK? Everyday not just once a year
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Starward Whisky bespoke packaging solution
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Sapporo “Refined by Rebellion” campaign
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Energy from Waste

While our Maryvale Mill in the Latrobe Valley is Victoria’s largest generator of baseload renewable energy, we are also the state’s largest industrial user of natural gas and a significant electricity consumer, facing increasing energy prices and supply uncertainty.

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Recycling at Opal’s Botany Mill

Recycling at Opal’s Botany Mill. The state of the art B9 Paper Machine at Botany Mill, Sydney converts more than 450,000 tonnes of used cardboard into 100% recycled brown packaging paper each year. The majority of this paper is then converted by Opal Fibre Packaging in Australia and Opal Kiwi Packaging in New Zealand into corrugated packaging board for box manufacture.

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