The Board of Directors of Arauco have recently approved an investment of a complete pulp mill and selected Valmet as the supplier for the project. Valmet’s scope will be the delivery of a complete pulp mill including also full-scope automation and flow control solutions to Arauco. The new pulp mill will be the world’s largest single-phase pulp mill project with a 3.5 million tonne per year pulp production capacity. The new mill is estimated to start-up in the second half of 2027. The pulp mill will be built in Inocência, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
The contract is estimated to be finalized by the end of 2024.
The value of the order for Valmet is over EUR 1bn, and it is expected to be included in Valmet’s orders received for the fourth quarter of 2024. The anticipated delivery will have an important employment impact on Valmet and its subcontractors especially in Brazil, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, India, and China.
