CMPC Awards Pöyry EPCM Services for Guaiba Pulp Mill
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CMPC Celulose Riograndense, Brazil, has awarded Pöyry, Finland, the engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) services for the balance of plant (BOP) in the expansion of its Guaiba pulp mill in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The assignment consists of and involves integrating the different processes of the mill. The engineering and project management services, the value which has not been disclosed, will start immediately.
The capacity of the new state-of-the-art pulp mill is 1.3 million metric tpy, and the startup is planned for the first quarter of 2015. The bleached eucalyptus pulp production line is the largest investment in CMPC's history.
Pöyry has been involved in the project since October 2010, when CMPC awarded it an assignment for feasibility studies and basic engineering. The company was also awarded preparatory work for the mill infrastructure. Now Pöyry will be responsible for overseeing that the different parts of the plant will be efficiently developed and connected together.
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