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Billion-dollar investment in Londrina strengthens food industry, expands wheat milling capacity, and consolidates the city as a strategic logistical hub in southern Brazil, with job creation, planned industrial expansion, and integration with regional production chains.
Londrina now hosts a new industrial complex from J.Macêdo, inaugurated on Thursday, March 26, 2026, with an investment of R$ 300 million and a capacity to process over 200 thousand tons of wheat per year.
The unit, located in the northern region of Paraná, includes a mill, storage silos, and a distribution center, and is expected to enhance the company’s service to the South and Southeast regions.
The plant was built on an area of 276 thousand square meters and began operations with around 200 employees.
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A Brazilian city gains a factory worth R$ 300 million with the capacity to process 200 thousand tons of wheat per year, a mill of 660 tons per day, silos for 42 thousand tons, and an industrial area of 276 thousand m².
According to the state government, the project was designed with a high level of automation and international standard milling technology, as part of the company’s expansion strategy in the flour, pasta, and mixes market.
During the inauguration, Governor Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior associated the opening with the recent advancement of industrial activity in the State.
He stated that Paraná recorded, on the same day, other inaugurations of projects in different regions and said that the new J.Macêdo unit helps to consolidate Londrina as a hub for job and income generation.
In a statement at the event, the governor said that the establishment of the industrial complex in Londrina occurs at a time of economic expansion in the State.
According to him, the movement to attract companies and open new plants has contributed to strengthening Paraná’s productive base and increasing the availability of formal job positions.
Mill capacity and industrial structure in Londrina
The core of the project is a mill built in a greenfield project, meaning it was constructed from scratch, with a capacity to process 660 tons of wheat per day.
Next to it, the silos can store up to 42 thousand tons of grains, forming an integrated structure for receiving raw materials, milling, and shipping.
Additionally, the complex includes a distribution center that will function as the company’s logistical hub for the South and Southeast markets.
This arrangement was planned to support the unit in São José dos Campos, in the interior of São Paulo, where the company maintains production focused on transforming flour into mixes and pasta.
The modular configuration of the plant also allows for future expansion without interrupting the already established operation.
According to the company itself and local authorities, the industrial design allows for gradual capacity increases, keeping Londrina on the radar for new investment phases in the coming years.
The CEO of J.Macêdo, Irineu José Pedrollo, stated that the unit was equipped with suppliers considered world leaders in milling technology.
According to him, the project aimed to combine product quality, operational safety, energy efficiency, and high automation, with reduced environmental impact.
Pedrollo also stated that the company’s goal is to increase Londrina’s significance within the national operation.
In his words, local participation was still “modest compared to its potential,” but the new investment makes the city more relevant in supplying the South and Southeast and may pave the way for the transfer of new industrial lines to the municipality.
Industrial expansion and new investments expected
J.Macêdo’s presence in Londrina is not recent.
The company has been operating in the city for over half a century, and the inauguration of the complex represents a significant scale jump compared to the previous operation.
At the event, Mayor Tiago Amaral stated that the new structure is just the first phase of a broader industrial expansion project.
According to the mayor, the plan includes, in a future sequence, the expansion of the mill and the installation of factories for pasta, cookies, and a technology structure associated with the complex.
The statement was made in the context of the inauguration and reinforces the local expectation that the current investment will serve as an anchor for a broader cycle of industrialization in the city.
The project also marks the arrival of the first plant to the new Industrial City of Londrina, an area being structured with the support of the Government of Paraná through the Secretary of Cities.
The works of the hub received an investment of R$ 38.7 million and had reached 83% completion in the last measurement released by the State.
This package includes earthworks, drainage, paving, urbanization, water and sewage networks, public lighting, technological testing, and complementary interventions.
The total area of the new industrial district is about 395 thousand square meters, designed to increase the presence of manufacturing activity in a city whose economy is still heavily supported by commerce and services.
Infrastructure, logistics, and wheat production in Paraná
Another strategic axis is the road access to the new industrial park.
The state government announced that it will begin the duplication of Avenida Saul Elkind and Rua Joni Belai Aguiar, corridors that connect the region to the new industrial neighborhood.
The announced investment for this set is R$ 25.3 million, over a total length of 5.77 kilometers.
When announcing the intervention, the state secretary of Cities, Guto Silva, stated that the project was planned to facilitate the flow of production and improve the movement of workers.
The government’s assessment is that the surrounding infrastructure needs to keep pace with the arrival of new companies so that industrial expansion produces more lasting effects on employment and income.
The choice of Londrina to host the complex also aligns with the relevance of wheat in Paraná’s agricultural economy.
In the agricultural diagnosis of the 2023/2024 harvest, released by the state Secretary of Agriculture, Paraná ranks as the second largest national producer of the cereal, with 1.1 million hectares, production of 2.3 million tons, and Gross Value of Production of R$ 2.9 billion.
Founded in Ceará in 1939, J.Macêdo is one of the largest food companies in the country and maintains brands such as Dona Benta, Sol, Petybon, Brandini, and Boa Sorte, in addition to a portfolio aimed at the professional segment.
In its institutional channels, the company presents itself as a reference in wheat flour and cake mixes and also informs its involvement in pasta, yeasts, and other food categories.
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