{"id":86473,"date":"2024-04-24T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/?p=86473"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T03:11:28","slug":"cyclone-hit-wool-scouring-facility-re-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/cyclone-hit-wool-scouring-facility-re-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone-hit wool scouring facility re-opens"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>\n

Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson has formally re-opened the world\u2019s largest wool processing facility, in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild <\/a>and refurbishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The re-opening of the facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealand\u2019s wool sector, which already accounts for 20% of global strong wool production, Patterson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe refurbished facility will bolster New Zealand\u2019s wool scouring capacity and capability, contributing to the local and wider economy and growing our wool sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woolworks\u2019 Awatoto scouring facility is the largest of its kind in the world. Woolworks scours 80% or 100 million kilograms of New Zealand\u2019s wool each year; the Awatoto facility alone scours more than half of New Zealand\u2019s wool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awatoto sites were inundated with silt in the Cyclone Gabrielle floods in mid-February last year. File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the opening, Patterson said he is hosting key industry leaders from NZ\u2019s largest export markets, including delegates from International Wool Textile Organisation Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This presents an opportunity to build and strengthen connections across the global wool supply chain, promote wool, and help open doors for NZ wool businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis, along with the woolshed meetings we\u2019re holding across New Zealand, are part of the government\u2019s commitment towards supporting the success of the food and fibre sector, including New Zealand wool businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $50m rebuild follows extensive damage to the site from flooding and silt caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in early 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World\u2019s biggest wool processing facility back in business in Napier after $50m refurbishment.\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Woolworks\u2019 Awatoto scouring facility is the largest of its kind in the world and scours more than half of New Zealand\u2019s wool (File photo)","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[81,103],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t