# Softmed to build $30M face mask factory in Campbellfield, Melbourne

Softmed has spent more than $30 million on a new factory in Campbellfield, Melbourne, with a production line capable of making at least 240 million surgical-grade face masks per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-08-25
- Where: Campbellfield, Melbourne, Australia
- Value: $21.6M (30.0M AUD)
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 26 Aug 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 240 million surgical-grade face masks per year
- Products: surgical-grade face masks
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Softmed](https://endata.com/companies/49481.md)

## Sources

- [afr.com](https://www.afr.com/companies/healthcare-and-fitness/new-melbourne-factory-to-make-hundreds-of-millions-of-face-masks-20200824-p55ops), 2020-08-25: "Softmed's expanded manufacturing capability will allow it to make enough face masks to support Australia through COVID-19 or any future crises."
- [australianmanufacturing.com.au](https://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/victorian-factory-starts-production-on-180-million-medical-grade-face-masks/), 2020-08-26: "This factory is absolutely, state-of-the-art and we have been working tirelessly over the past few weeks to make it a reality."

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