Leal Installing Rebuilt Machine for Tissue Production in Brazil

Leal Indústria e Comércio de Papéis, Brazil, is installing a 5,400 metric tpy tissue and low basis weight gloss paper machine at its mill in Ibema, Brazil. The machine, according to a RISI (Brussels, Belgium) report is scheduled to startup by the end of this month. The company is investing some Real 4.5 million in the new PM 2, which is a used machine acquired from a supplier called Trópico’s, the RISI report noted. 

Leal has an existing 9,600 metric tpy industrial paper machine (PM 1) at the Ibema mill that was rebuilt in mid-2012, involving a Real 3 million investment. As reported by RISI, the company reactivated PM 1 after closing a leasing agreement with Brazilian boxboard producer Ibema. The company currently supplies paper to the domestic market, and is developing other products for export.