Revenues for the Australian paperboard container manufacturing industry are approximately $452 million per annum currently, according to new market research, which also finds that this figure declined by 1.4 per cent on average each year between 2020 and 2025. The newly-updated Paperboard Container Manufacturing in Australia – Market Research Report (2015-2030) by IBISWorld counted 70…
Textile recycling business BlockTexx and paper manufacturer and recycler Opal have announced a new pilot program, with “old and unused uniforms” from Opal’s Botany Mill collected and processed. According to a statement from the paper company, the program has already seen a 660-litre container full of uniforms collected, with these to be put through BlockTexx’s…
ANSTO’s OPAL research reactor at Lucas Heights in Sydney has recommenced operations following a months-long planned shutdown to carry out essential maintenance and upgrades. Central to these upgrades was the elaborate replacement of OPAL’s cold neutron source, located next to the reactor core. The three-metre-tall device slows down neutrons as they travel from the OPAL…
Orica announces executive appointments including new CFO Explosives technology group Orica has announced changes to its executive committee. Chief Financial Officer, Kim Kerr has decided to leave Orica and James Crough has been appointed as CFO. James joined Orica in May 2019 as Vice President of Finance, Australia Pacific and Asia. Subsequently, he was Interim…
The Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) project has been awarded the first Energy from Waste licence from Recycling Victoria under the state’s Waste to Energy Scheme. The EfW facility will process non-recyclable municipal solid waste (MSW) that would otherwise go to landfill to generate energy for Opal Australian Paper’s Maryvale pulp and paper mill, cutting…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Search for industry partners for a Surface Manufacturing CRC Researchers led by UniSA are searching for companies interested to develop surface processing capabilities in a planned Surface Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (SMCRC). Surface Engineering and Manufacturing optimise…
Opal has officially opened its new $140 million corrugated cardboard packaging facility, in Wodonga, Victoria.