# Fenner Dunlop opens new steel cord and conveyor belt plant in Kwinana, Australia

Fenner Dunlop opened a new steel cord and conveyor belt manufacturing plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. The plant has an initial annual capacity of 330,000 square metres and is the largest single investment in conveyor belt manufacturing in Australia.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-31
- Where: Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia
- Starts operating: 31 Jul 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 330,000 square metres per year (103 km of 3200 mm-wide belt)
- Products: steel cord conveyor belt, rubber ply conveyor belt
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Fenner Dunlop](https://endata.com/companies/6834.md)

## Sources

- [insidewaste.com.au](https://www.insidewaste.com.au/fenner-dunlop-touts-new-cord-and-conveyor-plant/), 2018-07-31: "We could have built this facility in China or India, but our decision to manufacture in Australia was based on our commitment to quality and the total cost of the belts to our customers."

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