A former Holden factory is being re-tooled for a whole new kind of manufacturing.
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The Adelaide site, that produced models such as the commodore and HSV for more than 50 years, will be used to grow mushrooms.
In October 2017, an era of Australian manufacturing was brought to an end, when Holden shut down operations in Elizabeth in South Australia.
At one point, the site employed as many as 5,500 people and now six years after closing its doors, a new $110m hi-tech facility is being built to produce 20,000 tonnes of raw mushrooms and mushroom products each year.
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It is expected the site will provide jobs for over 350 people, including former Holden workers.
It will be the first exotic mushroom farm in Australia, and the only mushroom factory in the country to manage the entire cycle from mushroom cultures in a lab, to processing and production of mushroom products in a kitchen.
The plant is expected to be the nation's largest of its kind, and is estimated to be completed in mid-2024.
