Moreover, the European marketplace, where it holds the leading market share, is by far the largest for BEKP in the world. A figure five times higher than that recorded for the same period in 1999. The company owns two mills. The Cacia mill is geared to produce the remaining 260,000 tonnes. The Portucel name also stands for paper.
Pulp is transported down a pipeline, making operations that much easier.
Last year the company operated with 3 paper machines. As Portugal's second largest paper manufacturer, Portucel paper boasts a strong presence on the Iberian market too. That move enhances our downstream integration strategy when making quality office paper, one of the fastest growing segments in paper consumption worldwide. With its nurseries providing clones for use on controlled, high-yield plantations, the company can harvest timber every 11 years. Those cycles are among the fastest in the world.