Agriculture
25 April, 2023
Multi-million dollar eucy plan
A NEW multi-million dollar eucalyptus distillery will be built at Kuracca. Bosisto’s managing director Henry Minson said production capacity would increase 300 per cent when new vats imported from Europe were installed at the Brent Road site. The...
A NEW multi-million dollar eucalyptus distillery will be built at Kuracca.
Bosisto’s managing director Henry Minson said production capacity would increase 300 per cent when new vats imported from Europe were installed at the Brent Road site.
The new distillery will replicate the company’s Glenalbyn site “but on a larger scale”.
Mr Minson the Glenalbyn plant with 10 cubic metre vats would be retained as a back-up facility.
“We will be distilling in larger vats - 30 cubic metres - and anticipate starting from mid-2024,” he said.
Bosisto’s is completing design plans for the expansion that has been approved by Loddon Shire Council. The project includes a distillery and associated buildings and conversion of the existing dwelling for rural worker accommodation.
The company has 1500 hectares under plantation between Inglewood and Wedderburn plus state forest harvesting licences.
Mr Minson said there had been strong growth for the company’s products during COVID, raising awareness of benefits for disinfectant and anti-bacterial uses.
The project would generate benefits for the local economy with more on-site jobs expected, Mr Minson said. Local contractors would be used for construction.