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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 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.

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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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Future

As a key manufacturer in Australia and New Zealand, Opal is committed to securing future success. Our focus areas are partnering with our customers, leveraging research and technology and delivering innovation and design. We are pursuing future opportunities including aquaculture and the BioPathways partnership. Opal is also committed to meeting challenges through Energy from Waste and strategic investment.

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Innovation and Design

The Opal Innovation and Design team works with our customers to deliver market leading packaging solutions recognised for their innovation and creativity.

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Research and Development

Opal’s Fibre Research and Development (R&D) division in Scoresby, Victoria, is an internationally recognised, fully resourced testing and research facility with the resources to meet your paper and fibre analysis needs.

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New Product Development

Opal’s Strategic Business Development team’s key focus is to seamlessly deliver new business initiatives to our customers, and to Opal’s manufacturing divisions.

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Case studies

Innovative packaging

Opal is dedicated to working collaboratively with our customers to develop specifically tailored solutions for better business outcomes. These case studies outline 3 examples of how this approach has yielded positive commercial results.

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BioPathways Partnership

Funded under the State Government Workforce Training Innovation Fund, BioPathways is a strategic partnership between Opal Australian Paper, Federation Training and Federation University to support Gippsland’s future biomanufacturing training needs.

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Aquaculture

In partnership with Mainstream Aquaculture and the Victorian Government, Opal Australian Paper is embarking on a feasibility study to farm Barramundi in the Latrobe Valley.

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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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