Visy has produced the first glass bottles at its new recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland. Annual capacity is expected to reach up to 1 billion bottles and jars once fully operational.

Valmet inaugurated a new flow control service center and manufacturing unit in Sydney, Australia, offering valve and pump services, spare parts and local assembly for process industries.

Challenger Valves officially opened a new $8 million facility on Wheeler St in Shepparton, including a 3,800 square metre warehouse with capacity for 3,400 pallets. The expansion began in 2024 with the purchase of industrial land.

Visy announced a US$500m investment to build a glass container manufacturing plant and recycling facility in Yatala, Queensland, with annual capacity of about 1bn glass containers. It expects to relocate its South Brisbane glass remanufacturing operations there by 2025.

Recyclable packaging maker PakTech has launched local manufacturing of multipack beverage can handles in Australia. PakTech and its partners have capacity to make up to 75 million recycled handles annually in Australia.

Precision hydraulic componentry maker Oilpath will build a new engineering and manufacturing facility of nearly 3,000 square metres at the Tonsley Innovation District, relocating from Edwardstown. The investment is about AU$7 million.

TNA Solutions added a third Australian manufacturing site, its second in Sydney, in Wetherill Park to produce complete confectionery line systems for its global supply chain.

Beak & Johnston opened a new A$110 million pastry and ready-meal production facility in Arndell Park, Sydney, with capacity for up to one million meal solutions per week and 180 new jobs.

Opal Fibre Packaging, a Nippon Paper Group member, has officially opened its corrugated cardboard packaging facility in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, established with a AUD 140 million investment. The site can produce up to 720,000 square meters of packaging per day.

Opal Group opened stage one of its A$140 million corrugated cardboard packaging facility at the Logic Wodonga industrial estate in Barnawartha, Victoria, in November 2023, creating 432 jobs, with stage two planned to add capacity.

Bundaberg Brewed Drinks opened its 22,000 sqm Master Brewery in Bundaberg, Queensland, on 31 October 2023 with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attending. The plant cost more than A$120 million, including a A$19 million government grant, and was equipped with Krones beverage systems.

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.

TricorBraun opened its Bev-Cap injection moulding facility on Coronation Avenue, Kings Park, in Western Sydney. The project took over six months and cost over AUD 2 million, a joint effort with PB Packaging and Cormack Packaging.

Zipform Packaging opened its new A$8 million manufacturing facility in Dandenong South, Victoria, doubling its production capacity with a linear forming line for composite food packs.

Frucor Suntory announced a new A$400 million beverage manufacturing and distribution facility at Swanbank, Queensland, its first in Australia. It is expected to create 160 long-term jobs when it starts operating in mid-2024.

Recopak Machinery, an Australian family-owned packaging machinery manufacturer founded in 1986, opened a new factory in Cobram, Victoria. The facility is intended to streamline in-house manufacturing and speed delivery.

Martogg is commissioning its Circular AU food-grade plastic recycling facility in Melbourne, expected to be operational before year end 2023. The plant will reprocess plastic packaging waste into food-grade recycled plastics.

Opal Packaging is building a A$140 million corrugated cardboard packaging facility in Wodonga, Victoria, with capacity of about 400 tonnes of finished boxes per day, due to be operational in October 2023.

Visy plans a new A$150 million corrugated box factory at Hemmant in Queensland to support the state's agricultural sector. The plan was announced on November 3, 2022.

Visy plans a glass packaging facility at its Yatala site in Queensland, Australia, able to produce up to 1 billion glass bottles and jars a year with 70% recycled content. The value is stated as $500m, with currency inferred as AUD.

Visy began operations at its $25 million glass beneficiation plant in Gawler, South Australia, announced in October 2022. The plant will recycle 150,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass each year.

Visy plans a A$500 million glass food and beverage container recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland. The three Queensland projects are expected to create 900 construction jobs and 300 operational jobs.

Brisbane City Council has approved Visy's AUD 150 million corrugated cardboard box manufacturing plant at Hemmant, 11 km from the Brisbane CBD, part of its Queensland investment program.

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.

Visy announced a new A$150 million corrugated box factory at Hemmant, Queensland, to serve the state's agricultural sector. The projects together are expected to create over 900 construction jobs and 300 remanufacturing jobs.

Visy announced a A$500 million glass food and beverage container recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, relocating its glass remanufacturing from South Brisbane, expected in 2025. The plant will produce about 1 billion glass containers a year.

Frucor Suntory selected Queensland for a new multi-beverage manufacturing facility in Swanbank, Ipswich, with a stated value of over $400 million and about 160 long-term jobs.

The Circular Plastics Australia joint venture officially opened its A$45 million PET recycling plant in Albury-Wodonga on 11 March 2022, backed by up to A$16.5 million in CEFC debt finance. The plant recycles about 30,000 tonnes of PET a year and employs about 40 people.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is investing in a new PET plastic recycling facility in Victoria, Australia, built through a cross-industry partnership. The company is also expanding recycling capacity in Indonesia and Europe.

Bundaberg manufacturer Grillex opened a new 2,680 square metre facility in Bundaberg's Kensington industrial area, backed by Queensland's Jobs and Regional Growth Fund, with 15 new roles planned.

Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages formed a joint venture to build a A$45 million PET plastic recycling plant at the Nexus Precinct in Albury/Wodonga, NSW, expected to be operational by December 2021.

Enerflex completed the Mila midline compressor station at Bombala, New South Wales, for Jemena, five weeks ahead of schedule. The station boosts capacity of the Eastern Gas Pipeline.

Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS) opened a $72 million corrugated packaging factory in Yatala on the Gold Coast, supported by the Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. OjiFS also plans three satellite manufacturing sites in other Queensland locations.

Visy officially opened a 36,500 sqm corrugated packaging plant in Truganina, Victoria, capable of making over 1 million cartons daily and employing 85 people.

Packaging and processing equipment maker tna opened a new 80,000 sq ft manufacturing centre in Boronia, Victoria, built for almost $8 million, and targets over $1 billion in sales within five years.

Packaging company Visy is building a $99 million corrugated cardboard plant in Truganina, Melbourne's West, that will make cardboard from recycled paper for the local food and beverage market. The Victorian government says the investment will create 85 new jobs.

Oji Fibre Solutions officially opened its A$72 million corrugated board factory in Yatala, Queensland, Australia, supported by a A$65 million state industry attraction fund. The company also announced plans to open three satellite manufacturing sites in the region.

Oji Fibre Solutions is about to open a new $72 million corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Yatala on the Gold Coast, with support from Queensland's Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. The plant will serve fruit, vegetable and meat markets in QLD, northern NSW and the NT.

Global Supply Line and Australian Pipeline Valve have moved into a purpose-built 20,000m2 facility in Salisbury Plain, South Australia, combining a large valve and actuator stock range with a new engineering and test facility.

Rinnai Australia officially opened its new network of manufacturing facilities and an R&D centre in Melbourne's South East, producing hot water, heating and cooling systems. The site is expected to create new jobs.

Oji Holdings will construct a new Queensland plant making food-grade pulp-based cardboard boxes for meat processors and farmers, costing about 5 billion yen, with operations starting around October and capacity rising to 3-4 million square meters a month by 2019.

Oji Fibre Solutions is developing a new paper-based corrugated packaging facility in Yatala, Queensland, with about A$68 million invested. The plant will initially employ 50 staff and is on track for completion by the end of 2016.