In 1999. CSR Boardmills, manufacturers of burnie board, closed down their manufacturing plant at Bacchus Marsh and moved operations to Queensland.
The site on the cnr. of Rowsley Station and Geelong-Balliang Rds consists of 78ha of Zone 2 industrial land and 354ha of farmland. As this property abuts the Calleja coal mine and landfill site, it was an ideal purchase when it came onto the market.
The existing manufacturing complex consists of several large brick buildings which housed over 450 employees at the peak of CSR’s manufacturing period.
Since its acquisition, Calleja has developed the manufacturing complex into an industrial estate, and there are currently 11 tenants housed in the original buildings and newly constructed sheds. Additional sheds will be constructed for new tenants as required.
The 354ha area of farming land is being run as a farm with a herd of over 450 Angus cattle, cereal cropping and sheep grazing.
Tenants
Smartwood. The company processes new and reclaimed timber using power saws and moulding machines to produce a range of products such as skirtings, architraves, flooring, picture frames etc.
Eco Timber. The company processes new and reclaimed timbers for building.
Interstate Energy. The company manufactures a range of solid fertilisers and soil conditioning products using food wastes, bentonite clay and refined brown coal.
Quality Performance Lubes. The company purchases a base oil product and blends in a variety of additives to produce a range of motor and gear box oils and lubricants for the transport and manufacturing industries.
Environmental Clean Technologies Ltd. ECT purchased the patented brown coal technology developed by the Calleja’s over a period of 20 years.
The COLDRY process extract the water content of the brown coal through low energy input which results in a dry pellet higher in energy output than black coal.
The MATMOR process combines metal oxides with the brown coal to produce a composite pellet which will self reduct when heated and with the addition of oxygen, it produces high grade steel.
Australian Bio Fert. The company operates an R&D trial plant which produces granulated fertiliser pellets from chicken carcases, chicken litter and refined brown coal.
Hughes Metal Fabrication. This is a metal fabrication workshop.
Timber Search. The company processes and sells reclaimed timbers.
Industrial Environmental Services. Mechanical demolition of service station underground storage tanks. The process is carried out in a specially designed clay bunded area.
Calix Limited. The company uses a flash calcination process to calcinate lime, dolomite or magnesite for products for use in the cement, fertiliser and building products.
Enquiries
For tenancy and general enquiries, call us on 9369 6222, or contact us through our online form, below.
JBD Industrial Park
25 Rowsley Station Rd, Maddingley. Bacchus Marsh VIC, 3340
Phone: (03) 5367 0725