WestRock Company plans to build a new corrugated box plant in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
The new facility will be located in Porto Feliz and will serve all industry segments and markets both in the highly developed Sao Pauloregion, as well other growing areas in Brazil’s southeast region. Construction is expected to begin later this year and be completed in mid-2019.
When completed, the Porto Feliz plant will replace the company’s existing Brazilian corrugated operations in Valinhos. The plant will be integrated with the forestry and paper production operations of the Três Barras (Santa Catarina) mill and will increase the consumption of the mill’s virgin fiber HyPerform corrugated paper, WestRock’s high-performance paper line.
