Sunny Queen sinks $13 million into integrated egg production

Queensland egg producer, Sunny Queen Australia, is set to build a new $13 million egg production facility to kick start a new era of development for the farmer-owned company.

The new facility will be delivered by Wiley, a company that specialises in engineering, designing and constructing food facilities.

The new 4000 square metre greenfield facility will be built on Sunny Queen's Synergy Park site in Carole Park, Brisbane.

The project will see the consolidation of elements from two existing Sunny Queen operations - one nearby in Carole Park and one at Yatala - to create a unified, world class egg processing facility that is expected to become the primary production hub for the company's ongoing expansion.

Wiley said it won the contract from a select group of six tenders. Its business development director, Andrew Newby, said the new plant, which will produce a range of ready-to-eat egg products, was a 'new breed' of integrated food manufacturing, storage and distribution facility.

“This project is a strategic win for Wiley. We thrive on these opportunities to work with clients like Sunny Queen Australia who are willing to make smart investments in innovative, future-focused food facilities,” Newby said.

“It will be this new breed of food producers that will lead the way to meeting ever-increasing food demands here in Australia, in Asia and globally.”

Wiley has now entered a detailed design phase, the site will be established in mid-June, and the completion of construction is set for the end of February, 2014.