UPM-Biofore-Magazine-2-2019

THE MILL IS DESIGNED to fully meet the strict Uruguayan environmental regulations as well as international standards and recommendations for modern mills. The mill’s environmental performance will be verified with comprehensive and transparent monitoring. The mill’s initial annual production capacity is 2.1 million tonnes.

Biofore strategy, which is based on transforming wood resources into renewable, innovative, high-quality bioeconomy products. Pulp fibre is an essential rawmaterial in the manufacture of various products. “The investment will have an enormous impact on UPM’s business operations and long-term value creation. After all, it is the largest investment in the company’s history. It affects all company functions as well as our most important interest groups,” notes Eikens. “I’m sure investors will follow the progress of the project with great interest.” 

Major push for all-round improvement In recent years, UPMhas systematically developed a more market-oriented approach with its extensive pulp customer base. “In practice, UPM only produced pulp for its own paper mills before 2008. Since then, we have developed our organisation, becoming a significant operator in the global pulp market. And, the larger UPM grows, the more professional expertise we will require. We have to improve our resource efficiency and step up our processes, production planning and logistics.” Eikens points out that the investment in Paso de los Toros is comprehensively linked to UPM’s

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