page_title: Blayney, New South Wales
section_title: Industry
hierarchical_section_title: Blayney, New South Wales / Industry
caption_attribution_description: English: Container Terminal at Blayney Railway Station, Blayney, NSW, Australia.
context_page_description: Blayney is a farming town and administrative centre with a population of 3,378 in 2016, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Situated on the Mid-Western Highway about 240 km west of Sydney, 35 km west of Bathurst and 863 m above sea-level, Blayney is the seat of Blayney Shire Council.
context_section_description: The arrival of the railway in 1874 boosted development and Blayney replaced Carcoar as the major service centre to local farmlands.  Blayney then became a municipality in 1882 and by 1900 a butter factory and freezing works employed many within the town.  An abattoir opened in 1957 and this industry was later supplemented with tanneries and a pet food plant. The abattoirs closed in 1999.
  In the late 1970s or early '80s a meat canning factory was built on farmland land East of Blayney. This produced Spam and other canned meats. This was later turned into an export meat boning facility run by Ron Jones Exports and then a pet food factory. Prior to this, the dam on the land was famous for yabbies, with Sunday school excursions frequenting there.
  In 1989, Nestlé built a new pet food plant, Nestlé Purina, and purchased adjoining land including Blayney Foods. The Nestlé factory exports pet food to Asia and the Pacific.
  The Cadia-Ridgeway Mine is a major employer in the area.
  In 1994, Blayney became home to Australia's largest inland container terminal, which is situated beside the railway station.
  The Blayney Wind Farm, launched in 2000, is the largest of its type in Australia. It consists of 15 wind turbine generators on elevated ridges between Carcoar Dam and Mount Macquarie. Capacity is 10 megawatts, sufficient energy to supply 3,500 Australian homes.
caption: Container Terminal at Blayney station
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