# Visy opens corrugated box factory in Hemmant, Queensland

Visy opened its A$175 million corrugated cardboard box factory in Hemmant, Queensland, capable of making up to one million boxes a day from recycled paper. The facility directly employs over 100 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-10-01
- Where: Hemmant, Queensland, Australia
- Value: $115.0M (175.0M AUD)
- Jobs: 100
- Status: completed
- Capacity: Up to 1 million boxes per day
- Products: corrugated cardboard boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Visy](https://endata.com/companies/1950.md)
- [BHS Corrugated](https://endata.com/companies/464.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [visy.com](https://www.visy.com/newsroom/2023/visy-opens-australias-most-advanced-corrugate-box-factory-hemmant-queensland), 2023-10-09: "The new factory—opened today by Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick and Federal Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic—will make cardboard boxes"
- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/visys-corrugated-cardboard-box-factory-hemmant-australia/), 2023-10-27: "Visy opened a new state-of-the-art corrugated cardboard box manufacturing facility at Hemmant, Australia, in October 2023."

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