Government green-lights Orora's site plans

Orora Limited took the Victorian Minister for Industry on a tour around its new bag manufacturing plant this week.

The minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, met with management and team members to hear about Orora’s investment in the Melbourne site.

With assistance from the Victorian Government, Orora will invest in approximately $20 million to build a new dairy bag production line at Keon Park. This will be supported by a dairy bag making machine which incorporates digital pasting of bags and tube sealing technology.

Orora expects to install and commission the new machine in the second half of 2016.

Construction on the new line, offices and warehouse capacity is underway, with the machine to be shipped early in the new year.

When complete, the new production line is expected to become one of the leading dairy bag manufacturing facilities in the world, with new bag-making technology combined with high food safety standards.

This investment project has already led to the creation of six additional jobs onsite, and will secure the future of the plant.