Montes del Plata Awards Services Contracts for New Pulp Mill to Pöyry

Montes del Plata has awarded a contract for integration of its greenfield pulp mill in Punta Pereira, Uruguay, to Pöyry of Finland. Montes del Plata is an equal share joint venture company between Arauco and Stora Enso. The parties have agreed that the value of the assignment not be disclosed.

The capacity of the new state-of-the-art pulp mill is 1.3 million metric tpy. Startup is planned for the first half of 2013.

Pöyry has been chosen as the supplier of the overall project management, the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the Balance of Plant (BOP), and the Owners' Engineering services during the project implementation. The engineering and project management services will start immediately.

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