Navia Biofactory
Also known as Ence Navia, Navia Mill, Navia Pulp Mill
OperatingEnce S.A.Enceence.esID 00382
Navia Biofactory is an operating kraft pulp mill in Navia, Spain, owned by Ence. With a capacity of 685 000 tonnes per year it is the 1st largest of the 8 pulp mills in Spain with a recorded capacity, and it produced 556 148 tonnes of pulp in 2025.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Navia, Principado de Asturias, Spain
- Nearest port
- Gijón · 85 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- No siding mapped
- Nearest railway
- 0.5 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 685 000 t/y pulp
- Production
- 556 148 t pulp2025 · annual report
- Utilisation
- 81 %
- Type
- Kraft
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- expansion2026-07-22Ence completed a 48 million euro modernisation at Navia with a new wood handling line with two debarkers and a chipper for logs up to five metres, plus a biomass preparation plant and burners replacing fossil fuel in the lime kilns.Source ↗
- expansion2019Navia 80 expansion project completed; capacity increased by 80kt to 620kt kraft + added 125kt fluff pulpSource ↗
- founded1970Celulosas de Asturias was founded in 1970 at Armental in the municipality of Navia to make bleached sulphate pulp.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-22andritz.com ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-09-23ence.es ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-07-22ence.es ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-07-23ence.es ↗
Related facilities
Ence
Largest in Spain
How to cite
WoodComp (). Navia Biofactory (WoodComp ID 00382). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/382Data © WoodComp, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution required.