With the purchase of the wool coring machine costing upwards of $60,000, Westcoast Wools director Malcom Edinger said it showed Westcoast Wools was committed to the industry.

"It is a fantastic investment and a good result for woolgrowers in the lower Great Southern," Mr Edinger said.

"We hope woolgrowers can benefit from dropping their wool at Katanning and not having to truck it up to Perth for testing."

The wool coring machine was in hot demand as a number of buyers were chasing it due to the limited number of them still produced and the fact they were now only made in South Australia.

"With the wool industry's demise there is just none of them around," Mr Edinger said.

"I've been chasing this machine for a couple of years, especially since there is only one bloke left over east who still makes them."

Westcoast Wools previously had a wool coring machine but it was in need of refurbishment.

Because of this, the company ceased coring at Katanning and was forced to truck all wool to Fremantle.

While it didn't take any longer, the process put pressure on the Fremantle warehouse.

The hope is that the facility in Katanning will alleviate some of this problem and at the same time offer reduced costs to growers.

The ability is there for Great Southern woolgrowers to save a minimum of $10-$12 dollars a bale in freight by carting wool to Katanning instead of Perth.

"This is because Westcoast Wools will then pay freight from Katanning to Fremantle once wool is sold in the auction system to where the wool needs to go, such as the dumps," Mr Edinger said.

Westcoast Wools plans to expand its business to the east coast, sending the old refurbished machine to Melbourne, which Mr Edinger said was the only thing stopping them from entering the market in the Eastern States.