Bracell’s mega factory to begin operating in August

The pulp plant that Bracell is building in Lençóis Paulista (SP), the first new-generation large-scale plant in South America, will begin operating in August. The total investment is well above the R$ 8 billion initially planned. With two production lines and flexibility to switch between dissolving pulp, viscose raw material, and bleached eucalyptus (kraft), the company RoyalGolden Eagle (RGE), from Singapore, is expanding the former Lwarcel plant. It will allocate a large part of the production to the factories producing viscose and the group’s paper in Asia. Other customers in the region, Europe, and the United States are on the radar for marketing the excess volume.

“We are very optimistic with the prospect of demand in the coming years,” said the executive vice president of Bracell, Per Lindblom. Under the current schedule, which incorporates a four-week delay due to the impact of the pandemic on the delivery of materials and equipment, mainly from Asia, Projeto Star’s first line will begin in mid-August. The second will begin two weeks later.

During the learning curve, production will vary between dissolving pulp and bleached eucalyptus, depending on the level of operational stability. The expected volume of each type of fiber has not yet been defined, at least in the first years of operation. The planning will consider the demand and the perspective of integrating all the soluble pulp produced in Lençóis Paulista with viscose manufactured by RGE in Asia. The group owns Sateri, the world’s largest producer of the fabric.

Source: Valor Econômico

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