UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2021

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PRODUCTION PROCESS

COMPLEMENTARY FORESTRY PRODUCTS

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CONTACT

UPM INFORME PÚBLICO

NURSERIES The San Francisco and Santana nurseries, in Paysandú Department, comprise more than 9.5 hectares of greenhouses and produce 36 million seedlings per year. They have the best technology available for the production of Eucalyptus plants, such as the latest-generation of greenhouses, computerised environment control and highly accurate irrigation systems.

THE SAN FRANCISCO NURSERY IN PAYSANDÚ celebrated 30 years since it began operations in 1991. It was the company’s first nursery in Uruguay and it now boasts three decades of innovation and continuous

the nursery is seen in the record numbers in production, which has reached 20.5 million annual seedlings produced in recent years. The nursery currently employs 170 people from Paysandú.

development in forestry genetics for the production of seedlings that supply our forestry operations. The continuous development and commitment displayed by the entire team working at

TOP QUALITY PRODUCTION

99%

95%

OF PLANTS WITH SUPERIOR QUALITY (ROOT ANALYSIS REQUIRED)

OF PLANTS IN THE STANDARD HEIGHT TARGET RANGE

37 millon PLANTS SHIPPED