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The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be hosting a virtual site tour of Opal Group facilities across Australia for its members on 1 November.

Opal creates fibre packaging solutions to suit every application, and as a member of Nippon Paper Group, the company has integrated operations across Australia and New Zealand, making it one of the region’s leaders in the fibre packaging space. 

The virtual site tour will provide an overview of Opal’s value chain, including their recycling operations, corrugated converting and digital printing capabilities, and the production of recycled paper bags for the grocery sector.

The tour will be conducted by:

  • Jenni Booth, general manager at Opal Specialty Packaging;
  • Brad Hinds, group general manager at Opal Fibre Packaging ANZ;
  • Julian Mathers, group general manager at Opal Converting and Packaging Plus ANZ;
  • Daniel McHugh, national sales manager at Opal Recycling; and
  • Jacob Chretien, general manager of technical and strategic projects at Opal Paper Division. 

To book your place at this exclusive virtual site tour, click here.

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