Projeto Puma II

The biggest investment in Klabin's history

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Facts and Numbers

Puma is the feline most widely distributed across the Western Hemisphere. Similar to the animal that inspired its name, the Puma II Project is characterized by the magnitude of its presence: it is the largest investment in Klabin’s history. The industrial complex located in Ortigueira, Paraná, will undergo two phases of expansion through 2023, which include the construction of two innovative paper machines. The project will make Klabin the world’s first company to produce the Eukaliner paper, whose patent it already owns. Along with White Top Kraftliner, the papers require less energy to be produced and deliver up to 20% better results than offered by existing products in the market.

9,1

billion

IN INVESTMENTS

2

paper machines

1st paper machine with production capacity of 450,000 tons per year. Delivery: 2021

2nd paper machine with production capacity of 470,000 tons per year. Delivery: 2023

JOBS CREATED:

1,5k

direct and indirect jobs after startup of both phases

21,3k

during project’s initial phase

4.5k

workers estimated at peak of phase II

PROJECT PHASES

SUSTAINABILITY AT ALL STAGES

The Puma II Project is an important milestone in Klabin's expansion cycle, which underscores its capacity for sustainable growth combined with technology. Explore a few sustainability highlights of the project, which received huge investments in research, innovation and technology at all stages.

Clean energy

  • First biomass gasification plant in the pulp and paper sector
  • Self-sufficiency in power generation
  • Transformation of thermal energy into electricity

SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT

  • 98% of the waste generated in the operation reused
  • Generation of byproducts, such as fertilizers, soil correctors and pavers and pipes for construction

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

  • Tertiary treatment ensures cleaner water returned to the river
  • Higher standard of water quality than required by environmental agencies

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS

  • Sources of emissions designed for the lowest possible impact, reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  • Reduction of emissions to 50% lower than required by environmental laws
  • Thermal treatment of gases and modern odor control

PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID

  • 1st integrated sulfuric acid plant in Brazil
  • Use of waste gases resulting from wood cooking process to produce sulfuric acid, which is used in the paper production process

JOB CREATION

In the first phase of construction, which was just completed, over 21,000 direct and indirect jobs were created. Based on estimates, during the first two years of the Puma II Project, R$198 million was injected into the aggregate earnings of workers in the surrounding municipalities. Besides encouraging partner companies to hire workers from the Campos Gerais region of Paraná state, Klabin also added value to the local labor pool by investing in technical training in the communities of Ortigueira and Telêmaco Borba, which benefitted hundreds of professionals. And another development cycle is just around the corner with the launch of the project’s second phase.

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Opportunities

Recruitment

For construction of the Puma II Project, Klabin wants to maintain its practice of prioritizing the hiring of local workers like it did for construction of the Puma Unit, which was inaugurated in 2016. At the time, during the construction phase, 85% of the workers hired by the company were from Paraná state.

In addition to encouraging partner companies to hire through the Workers’ Agency, the company also offers local workers various vocational and training programs so that they can access new job opportunities during both construction of the new industrial unit and later in the production and forestry operations.

If you are interested in working on the construction project, go to the Worker’s Agency in your city with your identity document and employment book to register.

Workers’ Agency

Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Openings are available at all Agencies of Paraná and workers are hired by the partner companies of the Puma II Project. Applications also can be made via the site empregabrasil.mte.gov.br. For more information, call:

Ortigueira: (42) 3277-1089 | 3277-2092;
Telêmaco Borba: (42) 3904-1651 | 3272-4903;
Imbaú: (42) 3278-1611.