Puma Unit
OperatingKlabin S.A.Klabinklabin.com.brID 00583
Puma Unit is an operating kraft pulp mill in Brazil, owned by Klabin. With a capacity of 1 500 000 tonnes per year it is the 8th largest of the 19 pulp mills in Brazil with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Nearest port
- Paranaguá · 264 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- Own sidingVerified by satellite 2026-10-02OpenStreetMap track way/838559738 ↗, 3 m from the site point. Method
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 1 500 000 t/y pulp
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Kraft
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- product added2023Paper machine MP28 began operating in June 2023 and took the site into white paperboard production.Source ↗
- expansion2023-09-21The Puma II expansion, an investment of R$ 12.9 billion adding 910,000 tonnes a year of packaging paper capacity across MP27 and MP28, was formally inaugurated on 21 September 2023.Source ↗
- expansion2021Kraftliner paper machine MP27, producing the first kraftliner paper made entirely from eucalyptus fibre, started up in August 2021 as the first phase of the Puma II project.Source ↗
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- startup2016The Puma Unit was established in 2016 with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of pulp a year and became the first plant in Brazil to supply short fibre (eucalyptus), long fibre (pine) and fluff pulp from a single site.Source ↗
- founded2014The foundation stone of the Puma project in Ortigueira, Parana, was laid in 2014, with more than R$ 8 billion invested including infrastructure.Source ↗
Sources
- company websitechecked 2026-10-09klabin.com.br ↗
- otherchecked 2026-10-02openstreetmap.org ↗
Related facilities
Largest in Brazil
How to cite
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