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Driving growth through sustainable

packaging

Opal Fibre Australia Stage One construction

Wodonga.

In a move to meet growing market demand for sustainable
fibre packaging, Opal is investing more than $140M
to construct a state-of-the-art, high speed regional
manufacturing facility for cardboard packaging.
Located at the Logic Wodonga industrial estate in Victoria,
the facility is being constructed in two stages. Stage One
will deliver a highly automated, sophisticated 47,000m2
manufacturing site. A future Stage Two would expand the
site to increase its production capacity.
Demonstrating Opal’s integrated value chain and
commitment to circular economy principles, the site will Investing Supporting Once
use recycled and recyclable paper from our Botany and
Maryvale Mills, to produce sustainable packaging that can more than up to 195 operational,
also be recycled. $ jobs during will support
Construction is expected to be completed by April 2023. 140m construction 432 jobs
Following fit-out and equipment installation, the site is (direct and follow-on)
expected to begin operating from October 2023.

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