Fray Bentos Mill
UPM Fray Bentos · also known as UPM Fray Bentos, Botnia Fray Bentos
Fray Bentos Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, with a capacity of 1 300 000 tonnes per year.
- Company
- UPM
- Group
- UPM
- WoodComp ID
- 00599 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Uruguay
- City
- Fray Bentos
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 1 300 000 t/y pulpCompany figure · verified 2026-08-20
- Type
- Kraft
- Region
- Río Negro
-33.116, -58.258
Products
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Fray Bentos Mill is the 2nd largest pulp mill in Uruguay of the 3 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
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Timeline
- 2026capacity reported
Capacity reported: 1 300 000 t/y (mill scope, observed 2026-07-25).
Source ↗ - 2012other
UPM Fray Bentos became the first non European mill certified under the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme.
Source ↗ - 2009-07-15ownership change
Metsaliitto 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.
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- 2007startup
Mill started by Metsa-Botnia at ~1.0 Mt/y design capacity; transferred to UPM 2009, later debottlenecked to 1.3 Mt/y
Source ↗ - 2004founded
The 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.
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Sources
Data confidence: High (100 of 100) how this is computed
- company websitechecked 2026-07-25upmpulp.com
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org
- otherchecked 2026-07-27upmpulp.com
How to cite
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