# Opal invests $140m in new cardboard packaging plant in Wodonga, Victoria

Opal Group, backed by parent Nippon Paper Group, is building a highly automated 47,000m2 corrugated cardboard packaging plant at a greenfield site in Wodonga, Victoria, as part of a total $140 million investment. Sod-turning took place in July 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-07-28
- Where: Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
- Value: $97.0M (140.0M AUD)
- Status: under construction
- Products: corrugated cardboard packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Opal Group](https://endata.com/companies/9513.md)
- [Nippon Paper Group](https://endata.com/companies/6872.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [packagingnews.com.au](https://www.packagingnews.com.au/latest/opal-invests-140m-in-modern-packaging-plant), 2022-07-28: "The new facility will allow us to supply growing markets and better serve the developing needs of our customers,” he said."

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