Suntory calls first drinks at $400M Queensland site

Production has officially started at Suntory’s +$400 million multi-beverage manufacturing facility in Queensland. It marks a significant milestone in the global drinks company’s growth strategy, with its new $3 billion partnership, Suntory Oceania, set to launch from mid-2025.

The 17-hectare site will be the new manufacturing and distribution hub for the company’s multi-beverage portfolio of over 40 brands. It has the capacity to hold over 50,000 pallets of product, with a high-speed glass line and two canning lines that fill at an industry-leading speed of 180,000 cans per hour.

Australia’s number one energy drink, V Energy, was the first product off the line. By mid-2025, the facility will also produce Suntory’s iconic Ready-To-Drink (RTD) alcohol brands, including - 196, Canadian Club and Dry®, and Jim Beam and Cola®.

Suntory’s new multi-beverage manufacturing facility in Queensland.

Suntory Beverage & Food Oceania CEO, Darren Fullerton, said it represents a pivotal moment for Suntory Oceania. “Full ownership of our supply chain will enable more capacity, more control and most importantly, more opportunity to innovate. With this new site we are well positioned to disrupt and ignite the category with our full multi-beverage offering.”

In addition to the RTD range, the ‘House of Suntory’ portfolio will be distributed from Queensland, including luxury whiskies Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Hibiki, alongside Roku Gin and Haku Vodka.

Suntory’s Queensland facility is set to officially open in mid- 2025 in line with the commencement of alcohol production and the Suntory Oceania partnership.