Stora Enso Montes Del Plata Mill

Montes del Plata Mill

Montes del Plata Mill in southwest Uruguay is a eucalyptus wood pulp mill run as a joint venture together with Chilean pulp producer Arauco.

Montes del Plata owns 190 000 hectares of land and leases 56 500 hectares of land. The mill also delivers its surplus energy of around 500 GWh per year to Uruguay’s electricity grid, which equates to around 5% of the country’s total energy needs.

Key facts

  • Stora Enso Division: Biomaterials
  • Country: Uruguay
  • Products: Short-fibre pulp
  • Annual capacity: 750 000 tonnes
  • Number of employees: 630
  • Founded: the company was founded in 2009 and the mill was inaugurated in 2014

Address

Montes del Plata Mill
Ruta N° 55
Departamento de Colonia
Uruguay
www.montesdelplata.com.uy

Telephone

+598 4577 5000

 
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Forest
Biodiversity protection is an integral part of forest certification. Stora Enso promotes and participates in the development of forest certification systems. In 2023, 99% of land in wood production and harvesting owned and managed by Stora Enso was covered by forest certification schemes.

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