founded 1895 headquarters melbourne australia products reflex copy paper tudor envelopes tudor and olympic stationery products postspeed saxton australian copy paper number of employees approximately 1 300 website http www.australianpaper.com.au australian paper is the only australian manufacturer of office printing and packaging papers . australian paper directly employs 1 294 people and manufactures more than 600 000 tonnes of paper annually for australia new zealand and export markets . 1 it has two manufacturing facilities the maryvale mill latrobe valley victoria and the preston manufacturing facility preston victoria . 2 australian paper was purchased from paperlinx by japan based nippon paper group in june 2009 . 3 in february 2015 australian paper announced the closure of the shoalhaven paper mill in nowra nsw . 4 the mill closed in july 2015 . 5 in april 2015 australian paper opened a new a 90 million paper recycling plant at the maryvale mill . the plant can process up to 80 000 tonnes of wastepaper a year . 6 7 contents 1 environmental impact 2 see also 3 references 4 external links environmental impact edit australian paper has a contract with the victorian government for the period 1996 2030 of buying wood at a 1996 fixed price on the logs . this includes mountain ash timber deemed by scientists to be of high conservation value . 8 in august 2011 australian paper withdrew from forest stewardship council fsc certification in order to be able to use wood from old growth forest logging by vicforests but remained under the certification of the australian forestry standard . their previous auditor smartwood was suspended in september 2011 as result of an fsc internal audit . 9 later the company announced that its fsc certification has been retained for all products except reflex paper . 10 as of 2013 the reflex 100 % recycled paper is fsc certified . 11 see also edit list of paper mills references edit http www.australianpaper.com.au media 3694376 2012 sustainability report for website.pdf http www.australianpaper.com.au about us manufacturing nippon paper snaps up australian paper . 2013 fairfax media . retrieved 15 february 2013 . australian paper announces closure of shoalhaven plant pdf . australian paper . 24 february 2015 . retrieved 29 april 2016 . shoalhaven paper mill produces last reel after 58 years . abc news . 2015 07 21 . retrieved 2016 04 29 . major boost for australian made recycled paper pdf . australian paper . 27 april 2015 . retrieved 29 april 2016 . aus paper opens maryvale recycled mill . proprint . retrieved 2016 04 29 . nicole steinke the story of paper abc 25 march 2013 ben butler ratings body suspends green ticks after paper stoush 12 september 2011 nolan giles australian paper we retained fsc but opted out for reflex 5 september 2011 fsc fsc certified products retrieved 30 august 2013 external links edit official website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title australian paper & oldid 722307524 categories pulp and paper companiesmanufacturing companies of australianippon paperaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 may 2016 at 07 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view