Workplace supplies firm partners with Tasmania’s Boyer Mill.

 

Production of Australia’s first locally-made white copy paper since 2023 has officially commenced at the Boyer Mill in Tasmania with Winc Australia appointed as exclusive sales and marketing agent.

 

Local production of A4 office paper ceased with the end of production of white paper Reflex at the Japanese-owned Opal Australian Paper mill at Maryvale in Victoria.

 

Boyer’s A4 white copy paper will be marketed as Mandura Carbon Neutral Australian Made Copy Paper exclusively by Winc.

 

It is expected that a large portion of the demand for the Mandura copy paper brand will come from government and large corporate customers.

 

Patrick Dooley, general manager at the Boyer Mill said: “This was a major reason for our decision to partner with Winc to bring this product to market. With a 100,000 plus strong customer base of workplaces and schools across the country, relationships across government and corporate Australia that span decades and deep understanding of what it takes to create a winning offer in the B2B space, working with Winc has been a great enabler for us.”

 

Nick Severino, merchandising director at Winc, added: “Prior to local manufacturing ceasing in 2023, Australia produced 200,000 tonnes of white copy paper a year and 300 reams of paper a minute, so the potential market for this new copy paper is huge.” 

 

 “We have been able to deliver a solution which is price competitive in the market. It really is a product that creates local economic and social value without the premium price tag,” he said.

 

Getting to this point has been years in the making for the Boyer Corporation and represents a $2 million capital investment.

 

“We’ve installed new plant equipment and hired a crew of 16 to operate the machinery around the clock. Seeing the first few reams rolling off the production line was a big moment for our operation,”  Dooley said.

 

This new Australian made copy paper has been branded as Mandura, which means ‘trading  place’ in the Jaithmathang nation language.

 

Mandura is a First Nations-owned and controlled joint venture with Winc. 

 

Mandura donates 20 per cent of its profits to the Pauline E. McLeod Foundation

 

The Foundation is currently funding eight Indigenous psychology scholarships via the Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health.

 

The Tasmanian government recently finalised a $15 million loan to Boyer Paper Mill to keep the Derwent Valley operation running while it shifts to new products.

 

The loan provides up to $10 million for working capital and the transition to new paper lines, with a further $5 million set aside for capital projects including a proposed electric boiler.