# MaxiTrans opens new $9.27M trailer factory in Ipswich, plans to hire 70

MaxiTrans, Australia and New Zealand's largest heavy-duty trailer maker, has opened a new factory in Ipswich, Queensland, with a budget of $9.27 million, and plans to double its workforce from 70 to 140 over five years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-02-07
- Where: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Value: $7.00M (9.27M AUD)
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 7 Feb 2021
- Status: completed
- Products: heavy-duty transport trailers, bulk transport trailers
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [MaxiTRANS](https://endata.com/companies/27620.md)

## Sources

- [aumanufacturing.com.au](https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/trailer-company-opens-new-ipswich-factory-plans-to-hire-70-over-next-five-years), 2021-02-07: "Australia and New Zealand's biggest maker of heavy-duty transport trailers, MaxiTrans, has opened a new factory in Ipswich, with plans to double its workforce of 70 over the next five years"

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