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Gawler glass facility expansion

Orora’s AUD 42 million investment at its Gawler facility will increase glass bottle
production capacity by 60 million bottles to a total of over one billion per year.
GLASS BOTTLES – MAKING The Gawler facility, which produces glass bottles for the Australian and New
THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE, Zealand beverage industries, employs more than 340 people. The latest expan-
POSSIBLE sion created 26 new jobs.
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With 30 standard bottle
which is enjoying a sustained period of growth fuelled by exports to key global
designs and six colours to choose markets.
from, Orora offers diverse and Before this expansion, Orora had been forced to look to offshore bottle imports
inspired choices from 375mL to keep up with demand.
to 1.5L wine bottles. The com- According to a statement from the Government of South Australia, the expan-
pany can also create completely ded facility is expected to result in more than AUD 10 million a year being
customised bottle shapes of any spent within the South Australian supply chain through raw materials, energy,
form, size or design. maintenance and labour costs.
“Orora’s Gawler facility is already one of the largest glass manufacturing faci-
lities in the Southern Hemisphere and the AUD 42 million investment enables
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We manufacture and import Garrard, Orora’s managing director and CEO.
both custom and stock bottles for “We worked closely with the South Australian government during the plant
beer and cider. We produce both expansion and were pleased to receive their investment support as we com-
amber and green bottles and can pleted the project on time and on budget,” Garrard said.
also sleeve beer and cider bottles Minister for Investment and Trade, Martin Hamilton-Smith, said: “What we have
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Glass bottles for carbonated economy.
“Orora has shown a great commitment to South Australia by sourcing many
beverages of the materials to manufacture its bottles from local suppliers. Orora is also
We offer a versatile range providing our winries and beverage companies with access to an additional
of imported standard beverage supply of SA-made bottles.”
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etary range. national markets expect”.
Orora has introduced a decorative glass bottle sleeving application at Gawler.
DECORATING - EMBOSSING In addition to the expansion of glass bottle forming capacity, Orora has introdu-
AND DEBOSSING ced decorative glass bottle sleeving application at Gawler, to meet a growing
customer demand to attractively package and label wine products, which
TECHNIQUES increases on-shelf visibility and supports marketing and branding promotions.
Creating a unique bottle is “The expansion at Gawler represents one of Orora’s largest capital investments
easy using our embossing and in Australia and helps underpin the long-term future of our glass business,”
debossing capabilities. Bottles are Garrard said.
brought to life through creative “The investment reinforces Orora’s commitment to be an innovative and
designs that can be applied to the customer-led provider of world-class packaging solutions.”
neck, shoulder, label panel and
base of any bottle.
SHRINK SLEEVE to protect brand reputation and
TECHNOLOGY ensure consumer safety through
Our shrink sleeve decoration sophisticated anti-counterfeit
capabilities enhance and build technology. Brand owners and
on our existing glass bottle range consumers can easily identify
by easily transforming any bottle fake products and this techno-
into a powerful marketing tool. logy can be applied across large
Introduced in July 2016, Orora’s and small-scale promotions. O
decorative shrink sleeve meets
growing customer demand for
high-impact packaging to sup-
port promotions.
ANTI-COUNTERFEIT
TECHNOLOGY ORORA GLASS
With counterfeiting and prod-
uct tampering on the rise, we 48 Argent Road - Gawler Belt
work closely with our customers Kingsford SA 5118 - Australia
Tel.: +61-8-85214600
www.ororagroup.com

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