Australian Paper

Australian Paper
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1895
HeadquartersMelbourne, Australia
ProductsReflex copy paper, Tudor envelopes, Tudor and Olympic stationery products, Postspeed, Saxton, Australian Copy Paper
Number of employees
Approximately 1,300[1]
Websitehttp://www.australianpaper.com.au/

Australian Paper is an Australian manufacturer of office, printing and packaging papers. The company manufactures more than 600,000 tonnes of paper annually for Australia, New Zealand and other export markets.[2][3] Australian Paper was purchased from Paperlinx by Nippon Paper Industries in June 2009.[4]

Facilities

Australian Paper has two manufacturing facilities: the Maryvale Mill in the Latrobe Valley and a manufacturing facility in Preston.[5] In February 2015 Australian Paper announced the closure of the Shoalhaven Paper Mill in Bomaderry, New South Wales.[6] The mill closed in July 2015.[7] In April 2015, Australian Paper opened a new A$90 million paper recycling plant at the Maryvale Mill. The plant can process up to 80,000 tonnes of wastepaper a year.[8][9][10]

Environmental impact

Australian Paper has a contract with the Victorian Government for the period 1996–2030 of buying wood at a 1996 fixed price on the logs. This includes mountain ash timber, deemed by scientists to be of high conservation value.[11] In August 2011, Australian Paper withdrew from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, in order to be able to use wood from old-growth forest logging by VicForests, but remained under the certification of the Australian Forestry Standard. Their previous auditor, SmartWood, was suspended in September 2011 following an FSC internal audit.[12] Later, the company announced that its FSC certification had been retained for all products except Reflex paper.[13] As of 2013, the Reflex 100% recycled paper is FSC-certified.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Opal Australian Paper - The Australian Made Campaign". australianmade.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Sustainability Report 2012" (PDF). Australian Paper. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Nippon Paper snaps up Australian Paper". Fairfax Media. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Manufacturing". Australian Paper. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Australian Paper announces closure of Shoalhaven plant" (PDF). Australian Paper. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Shoalhaven Paper Mill produces last reel after 58 years". ABC News. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Major boost for Australian-made recycled paper" (PDF). Australian Paper. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  9. ^ White, Nic (28 April 2015). "Aus Paper opens Maryvale recycled mill". ProPrint. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  10. ^ Wilson, Katherine (15 February 2023). "Australia's white paper industry is dead, leaving rural communities to pick through the pulp". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  11. ^ Nicole Steinke: "The Story of Paper", ABC, 25 March 2013
  12. ^ Ben Butler: "Ratings body suspends green ticks after paper stoush", 12 September 2011
  13. ^ Nolan Giles: "Australian Paper: we retained FSC but opted out for Reflex", 5 September 2011
  14. ^ FSC: "FSC Certified Products", retrieved 30 August 2013
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