# Nextracker and Orrcon Steel open manufacturing facility for solar tracker components in Australia

Nextracker and Orrcon Steel, a BlueScope Steel business, have opened a manufacturing facility at Orrcon Steel's Salisbury Tube mill in Brisbane, Queensland, to produce critical steel components for Nextracker's smart solar trackers. The first project to receive components is ACCIONA Energia's 480MWp Aldoga Solar Farm near Gladstone.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-03-13
- Where: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Starts operating: 13 Mar 2024
- Status: completed
- Products: solar tracker steel components
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [BlueScope Steel](https://endata.com/companies/3771.md) (partner)
- [NEXTracker](https://endata.com/companies/20003.md) (partner)
- [ACCIONA Energía](https://endata.com/companies/59778.md) (customer)
- [Orrcon Steel](https://endata.com/companies/76213.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [investors.nextracker.com](https://investors.nextracker.com/news/news-details/2024/Nextracker-and-Orrcon-Steel-to-Deliver-Sovereign-Capability-in-Australia/default.aspx), 2024-03-13: "The new manufacturing facility was officially opened today by Queensland Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs, Mick de Brenni MP; Tania Archibald, Chief Executive BlueScope Australian Steel Products; Tony Schreiber, Chair of the Australian Steel Institute and General Manager of Orrcon Steel; a"

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