MANUFACTURING plantation — with no access to export markets , we just bought the land and trees ,” says ABP managing director Tony Price , explaining that the land was purchased from a previous plantation venture that had failed and gone into receivership .
That lack of direct market access required the negotiation of partnership agreements with thirdparty businesses for processing and shipping ABP ’ s product , which was very important to get the business up and running in the first couple of years . Through these arrangements the business was
able to gather momentum with the business increasing its sales by almost double from 2012 to 2014
“ In 2012 , we had the opportunity to acquire the forestry assets and port facilities of a company that was seeking to exit the forestry business ,” says Price . “ The additional plantations we purchased increased our total estate to around 110,000 hectares , and with that acquisition we purchased a port facility in Albany in Southwestern Australia . Shortly after that acquisition , we had the opportunity to buy another port facility at the Port of
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