Fray Bentos Mill
UPM Fray Bentos · also known as UPM Fray Bentos, Botnia Fray Bentos
OperatingUPMupmpulp.comID 00599
Fray Bentos Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, owned by UPM. With a capacity of 1 300 000 tonnes per year it is the 2nd largest of the 3 pulp mills in Uruguay with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 1 300 000 t/y pulpCompany figure
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Kraft
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- other2012UPM Fray Bentos became the first non European mill certified under the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme.Source ↗
- ownership change2009-07-15Metsaliitto and UPM signed a letter of intent on 15 July 2009 under which UPM would take over the Fray Bentos pulp mill and the associated eucalyptus plantations in Uruguay.Source ↗
- startup2007Mill started by Metsa-Botnia at ~1.0 Mt/y design capacity; transferred to UPM 2009, later debottlenecked to 1.3 Mt/ySource ↗
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- founded2004The Fray Bentos construction project started in 2004 and required recruiting engineers and mill workers in the region.Source ↗
- expansion-Originally designed for 1 million tonnes a year, the mill was raised to 1.3 million tonnes a year through continuous development and usability improvements along the process.Source ↗
Sources
- company websitechecked 2026-10-06upmpulp.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-27upmpulp.com ↗
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