January 23, 2014

Australia's Bioproton opens new plant in Brisbane, Australia

Bioproton's new export factory and laboratory in Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, Australia was officially opened Wednesday (Jan 15) by Queensland Science and Innovation Minister Ian Walker.

The AUD4.5 million (US$4 million) building is a state of the art facility that will transform the biotechnology industry in Queensland.  

The opening was the culmination of long-held ambitions to bring together the production and research activities of Bioproton into a single purpose built location, with new production lines and a fully equipped laboratory.

It will also serve as a hub for Australian and international research and commercial development of biotechnology; enabling collaboration between research and commercial partner, such as Bioproton's long-standing research programme with The University of Queensland.

Bioproton is an Australian based biotechnology company with specialty in feed enzymes. Founded in 1984 in Finland, but relocated to Brisbane, Australia in 1993. It exports feed enzyme formulations to over 40 countries.