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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Business
Michael Parris

Port woes push Hunter firm to look at US factory

Greg Whiteley talks to opposition leader Chris Minns at a Business Hunter breakfast at McDonald Jones Stadium on Tuesday. Picture supplied

A Tomago-based maker of medical products is being forced to export its goods via Melbourne and consider opening a factory in the US as the battle over a Newcastle freight terminal rages on.

Whiteley Corporation executive chairman Greg Whiteley told NSW opposition leader Chris Minns at a Business Hunter breakfast on Tuesday that his company was suffering from the lack of a container export terminal in its home city.

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