# Oji to build A$ food-grade cardboard box plant in Queensland

Oji Holdings will construct a new Queensland plant making food-grade pulp-based cardboard boxes for meat processors and farmers, costing about 5 billion yen, with operations starting around October and capacity rising to 3-4 million square meters a month by 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-07
- Where: Queensland, Australia
- Value: $42.9M (5.00B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: between 3 million and 4 million sq. meters a month
- Products: food-grade pulp cardboard boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Oji Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/693.md)

## Sources

- [asiapapermarkets.com](https://www.asiapapermarkets.com/link-oji-to-boost-australian-capacity-with-new-plant/), 2017-01-07: "Oji Holdings will construct a new Australian plant for food-grade cardboard boxes made from pulp, rather than recycled paper."
- [nipimpressions.com](https://www.nipimpressions.com/the-australian-corrugated-box-market-just-got-more-interesting-cms-5262), 2017-01-19: "Oji has signaled that it intends to be a more significant participant by constructing a new facility to manufacture and supply corrugated packaging products to end-use markets throughout Queensland."

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