Name of the Project
Puma II project.

Location
Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil.

Project Owner/s
Klabin.

Project Description
The Puma II project encompasses the assembly of two packaging paper (kraftliner) machines, with integrated pulp production. The total paper production capacity of the new machines will be 920 000 t/y.

The installation will be done over two phases.

The first phase involves the construction of a main fibre line to manufacture nonbleached pulp, integrated to a kraftliner paper machine with a capacity of 450 000 t/y.

The second phase entails the construction of a supplementary fibre line integrated to the other kraftliner paper machine with a capacity of 470 000 t/y.

Potential Job Creation
During the peak of construction, about

9 000 jobs will be created. Once operational, it will employ an estimated 1 500 people directly and indirectly.

Capital Expenditure
The project involves an investment of $9.1-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
Work on the project will start this year. Each phase of the project will take 24 months to complete.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Andritz (wood yard, causticising and lime kiln, recovery and electric boilers, environment-friendly pulp production technologies and key process equipment); Confab Industrial/Veolia HPD (evaporator plant); Siemens (turbo generator); Suez Water Technologies & Solutions Brasil (water, wastewater and boiler water treatment plants); Valmet (main fibre line and paper machine); and Pöyry (engineering and management of supplementary plants and interconnections between process islands).

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
Klabin, Alcione Cavalcante, tel +55 11 4871 1473 or emailalcione.cavalcante@inpresspni.com.br.