Suzano Paper And Pulp Factory In The State Of Espírito Santo May Create 500 Jobs By The End Of This Year

Inaugurated in March of This Year, the Suzano Factory in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Can Generate More Than 500 Jobs

The Suzano Pulp and Paper factory, inaugurated in March of this year, in the city of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, in the south of Espírito Santo state, received investments of R$ 130 million and can generate more than 500 jobs at the unit by the end of this year. The factory, which produces sanitary papers, has a capacity to produce 30,000 tons annually of hygienic papers. Also see: Suzano Pulp and Paper Plans to Invest R$ 2 Billion in Building a New Factory and Modernizing Others

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Job Generation at the Suzano Factory in Southern Espírito Santo

André Rocha Vieira de Brito, Corporate Relations Manager at Suzano, says that local labor should account for about 65% of the total jobs generated, with the creation of new jobs at the factory occurring in two phases.

The Corporate Relations Manager of Suzano states that the factory in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim received an investment from Suzano announced two years ago. At the peak of the construction of the factory, about 300 people were hired. The unit in the south of Espírito Santo can still generate more job opportunities by the end of this year, 2021.

The Suzano Factory in Espírito Santo

The factory will be responsible for converting tissue paper, produced at the Mucuri Unit (BA), into double and triple-ply hygienic papers under the Mimmo and Max Pure brands. These products will mainly meet the demand from markets in the Southeast region with a 30% increase in Suzano’s finished product capacity.

Luis Bueno, the Executive Director of Consumer Goods and Institutional Relations at Suzano, stated during the inauguration of the factory in March, that both lines were already in operation with a high level of productivity. He says this is a significant increase in the capacity to supply double and triple-ply hygienic papers to Brazilian consumers, product lines that have been growing the most in the country.

The unit will also have 170 employees, of whom approximately 60% are from the southern Espírito Santo region. As part of Suzano’s premise to value diversity and inclusion, 34% of the about 80 employees already active at the site are women, and 33% of them are Black.

Also See: R$ 14.7 Billion and 10,000 Jobs Are Expected to Be Generated During Construction of New Suzano Unit, Considered the Largest Single Production Line of Pulp in the World

On May 3, Suzano announced that it will build a new factory in Ribas do Rio Pardo, located 100 km from the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul. The company, considered a global reference in the manufacture of bioproducts developed from eucalyptus cultivation, will invest about R$ 14.7 billion in the project, potentially generating many jobs for the region during construction. With this investment, the undertaking will be one of the largest private investments underway in Brazil.

The new Suzano unit, named “Project Cerrado,” in reference to its geographical location in Mato Grosso do Sul, will increase the current production capacity of pulp by approximately 20%. Additionally, the factory in Ribas do Rio Pardo will be the company’s most competitive factory.