Asterion medicinal cannabis processing facility
Client: | Asterion |
Location: | Toowoomba, Queensland |
Scope overview: | Principal design and engineering partner in early Discover stage |
Facility: | Medicinal cannabis processing |
Project Profile: | Download PDF |
Project Description
Project scope
Wiley collaborated closely with Asterion during the project’s early planning phase, addressing a challenging scope that included:
- Investigating site requirements and identifying suitable locations
- Partnering with Pharmout and Wagner Corporation to develop facility masterplans and assist with submissions for federal licensing and major project status
- Collaborating with Asterion’s Dutch glasshouse supplier Van der Hoeven on facility design
- Creating staging plans for project phases and selecting equipment for lighting, facility control, and airflow
- Applying expertise in hygiene and pathogen control, essential for processing requirements
- Planning nursery operations, including plant movements, growing rooms, table movements, schwazzing (defoliation), harvesting, processing, waste management and disposal
- Assessing water and energy needs for the operation
- Documenting processes leading to Development Approval (DA) from Toowoomba Regional Council
- Developing the overall project budget
Business value to client
Asterion’s collaboration with Wiley during the development of a 75-hectare facility will enable the production of over 500,000 kg of medicinal cannabis annually. This project is poised to create up to 1,000 jobs in the region, drawing on a workforce skilled in agriculture and horticulture.
By leveraging this initiative, Australia can maximise its potential in the medicinal cannabis sector, enhancing both domestic accessibility and export opportunities. The large-scale production will significantly improve the availability of medicinal cannabis for Australians, meeting growing demand and fostering industry growth.