Visy opens box factory in Qld

Visy’s new corrugated cardboard box factory in Hemmant, Queensland was opened on Monday 9 October. Using the 100% recycled paper, the factory has the capacity to produce up to 1 million boxes a day for Queensland’s food and beverage companies, farmers and growers.

The factory is part of Visy Executive Chairman Anthony Pratt’s commitment to invest $2 billion over the next decade — $700 million of that in Queensland.

“The Queensland Government has created a great business environment for manufacturers to invest and grow in Queensland. We’ve invested $175 million to build the most productive and technically advanced corrugated box making facility in the country. We’ve installed the latest 2.8 m wide corrugator — the most modern corrugator in the southern hemisphere.”

Visy recycles mixed paper and cardboard from Queensland businesses and households at its Gibson Island recycling facility and remanufactures it into 100% recycled paper, which will be used at the new Hemmant factory.

“We are transforming Australia’s recycling and manufacturing, and creating thousands of green-collar jobs,” said Pratt at the opening of the factory.

“100% recycled boxes from this facility are one of the ways we’re using all of Australia’s paper and cardboard, so it doesn’t have to be landfilled or exported.”

Image courtesy of Visy.