World class vinegar in town

Australian Vinegar is proud to be based in Stanthorpe's Industrial Estate.

By Jeremy Sollars

The Australian Vinegar Corporate Head Office and Innovation Centre is finally complete after four years of design, development and construction.
The new facility was officially opened by His Excellency, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia last Saturday, 25 March, during his visit to the Warwick and Stanthorpe regions.
CEO Ian Henderson said the new vinegar facility, located in the Stanthorpe Industrial Estate, “brings the very best of world standard vinegar making to Queensland”.
He said the new centre incorporated “the most modern vinegar technology currently available for vinegar research and development and commercial production”.
“It was a long build with more than the usual amount of hurdles to overcome, but we wanted it done right the first time, and we were determined to stay in Stanthorpe because of its location and beneficial cost of doing business here,” Ian said.
“We didn’t just build what we need now, we built what we need to grow our business for the next 10 or more years.
“We are proudly a regional company and have built to stay.”
What has been completed so far are stages one and two of a five-stage, campus-style master development for the site.
“There is more to come, but for now we are taking our new facility out for a spin and seeing what we can do with it.
“The new, much larger facility, has unlocked even more of our company’s potential.
“Prior to 2017, production was farm based at our initial production site in Ballandean.
“The new facility will bring much-needed improvements in capacity and efficiency that the building is quite large, and hard to ignore its presence in the Stanthorpe Industrial estate.
“I am asked everyday by someone how the new building is going – it’s great to finally let people know we are in and operating with all our staff and equipment finally in the new complex.”
Toni Enenkel, CEO of German firm Heinrich Frings said the company was “extremely proud to supply our technology to Australian Vinegar”.
“On my recent visit in January to Stanthorpe, I had the privilege to see the installation for myself,” Toni said.
“It is absolutely world’s best standard and is probably the most advanced and well designed vinegar facility we have worldwide at present”.
Ian Henderson established Australian Vinegar in 2005. It started as an export only company and has rapidly grown to be the industry leader in its field.
It services both large and small food manufacturers with quality vinegar for food production. In addition they make foodservice and retail vinegars for the domestic and international markets.
Ian has 15 years of export experience in both wine and vinegar and Australian Vinegar is the technical leader in vinegar production in Australia.