SEATS applauds the announcement by Air Liquide and the Manildra Group to build a new production facility at Bomaderry on the south coast of New South Wales.

Air Liquide has entered into an agreement with Manildra Group to build a new food and beverage grade carbon dioxide (CO₂) plant in Bomaderry, New South Wales. This facility will capture and purify the biogenic CO₂ produced naturally by Shoalhaven Starches from fermentation of wheat, and supply the purified CO₂ product to Australian industries.

Air Liquide will build, own and operate a new CO₂ plant with a production capacity of over 90,000 tonnes per year of food and beverage quality CO₂, which would make it the largest food and beverage grade CO₂ plant in Australia. Construction of the new Air Liquide facility is planned to commence in the second half of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals, and it is anticipated to be operational in 2027.

The biogenic CO₂ produced naturally from fermentation of wheat at Manildra Group’s Shoalhaven Starches site provides a biogenic CO₂ product offering to meet the growing needs of the food and beverage industry and other applications.

High quality food and beverage grade CO₂ serves the needs of Australian businesses in a broad range of industries where quality and reliability of supply are a necessity. This includes food, beverages, water treatment, desalination, hospitality, manufacturing and medical industries.

For further information see Press Release: largest biogenic CO2 plant in Australia