The company obtained recognition for the export effort granted by Banco República (BROU) and the Union of Exporters of Uruguay (UEU).
Montes del Plata was doubly recognized in the 2022 edition of the Export Effort Award, organized by Banco República (BROU) and the Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU). On the one hand, as the largest exporter of goods from free zones, and on the other, as the largest exporter of wood.
In the rolling year October 2021-September 2022, the company exported 1.45 million tons of pulp for an amount of more than one billion dollars.
The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, the President of BROU, Salvador Ferrer, and the President of the UEU, Facundo Márquez, among others.
About Montes del Plata
Montes del Plata is a forestry-industrial company founded in Uruguay in 2009 from the union in Uruguay of two leading companies in the forestry industry: Stora Enso (Swedish-Finnish) and Arauco (Chilean), dedicated to the production of Eucalyptus cellulose pulp.
Its pulp is produced in a state-of-the-art industrial complex near Conchillas, in the department of Colonia, which in turn generates renewable electricity.
It has more than 170,000 hectares of its own forest plantations and in agreements with local producers distributed in thirteen departments of the country, which are integrated with native forests and other natural areas that are conserved.
From the production of seedlings in its own nursery to the export of cellulose, Montes del Plata involves more than 6,000 people throughout its production chain.
The company maintains a permanent dialogue with the communities near its operations, supporting local development.
