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Suzano Acquired The Largest Forestry Vehicles In The World In Partnership With Volvo. The Pulp Giant Purchased 14 Hexatrains, Each With A Capacity To Carry Up To 250 Tons.
The new and impressive Volvo FMX 6×6 trucks, designed to carry up to 250 tons in hexatrains, are already operational, making them the largest forestry vehicles in the world. Exclusively used on internal farm roads, these giants, acquired by Suzano Papel e Celulose, transport eucalyptus logs with maximum efficiency and safety. This innovation is the result of cutting-edge engineering from Volvo, bringing even more productivity to the Brazilian off-road sector, with compositions of six trailers, the largest ever seen in operation in the Country.
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Innovations enabled a 25% increase in maximum capacity, compared to previous hexatrains of 200 tons. The largest forestry vehicles in the world are part of Suzano’s transportation operations, a giant in the sector and the largest global producer of eucalyptus pulp from planted forests.
The 14 Volvo VMX 6×6 hexatrains with a 540-horsepower engine pull loads to supply the company’s new factory, located in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
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The Suzano unit recently began operations, continuing the forestry operations of the Cerrado Project, which received investments of R$ 22.2 billion. The complex combines high production capacity and various sustainability practices, such as even more efficient use of bioenergy.
With the new purchase, the pulp company now has a total of 47 units of the largest forestry vehicles in the world from Volvo, distributed across operations in various locations. The new compositions are 60 meters long, one meter more than the previous ones.
The increase in load capacity was made possible by a new configuration, with reinforcements on the axles and double beams. Additionally, the hexatrains received a new axle with front traction.
According to Jeseniel Valério, sales engineering manager for trucks at Volvo, the improvements in the largest forestry vehicles in the world allowed the set to support greater vertical loads and increased traction capacity, marking an important step in Volvo’s partnership with Suzano, which needs customized solutions to expand productivity while ensuring environmental sustainability.
Another novelty in the hexatrains was the installation of a hitch at the front of the cabin for potential traction assistance, which may occur in severe applications such as forestry transport.
Suzano Has Been Using The Largest Forestry Vehicles In The World Since 2019
According to Rodrigo Zagonel, the Director of Forestry Operations at Suzano in Ribas do Rio Pardo, the partnership between the pulp company and Volvo has deep roots. In the Ribas do Rio Pardo project, the company chose Volvo as the supplier of the hexatrains due to its market recognition and willingness to meet its demands for developing a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of up to 250 tons.
The truck’s performance has been consistent with the proposed scope, delivering a cost-benefit ratio within expectations.
Utilized by Suzano since 2019, when they were deployed at the Três Lagoas Unit, the largest forestry vehicles in the world operate exclusively within the company’s eucalyptus farms, unlike bitrain or tritrain trucks, significantly reducing traffic on highways.
At the Ribas do Rio Pardo unit, the company will reach about 50% of its forestry logistics with hexatrains, resulting in lower fuel consumption for wood transport and, consequently, lower CO2/m³ emissions.
The Volvo FMX has been gaining greater ground in the vocational segment. According to Gelson Philippsen, a sales engineer at Volvo, in addition to being used in the forestry segment, the largest forestry vehicles in the world are expanding their participation in sugarcane and mining operations, mainly due to their robustness, high availability, and mechanical efficiency in fuel consumption.
Importance Of Volvo’s Hexatrains In The Pulp Segment
The largest forestry vehicles in the world play a crucial role in Suzano’s production chain. After harvesting, they transport the logs within the farms to the factory, where they are chipped and processed into pulp, which is later used in the paper industry, hygiene products, and other consumer goods.
The annual production capacity of the Mucuri factory is 200 thousand tons of integrated pulp, 1.4 billion tons of market pulp, and 250 thousand tons of paper. The unit is considered the most productive in the world in its segment.
The hexatrains are widely used in the sugarcane sector, mining, and forestry segments. They are extremely robust vehicles with a high degree of embedded technology, providing great availability and increased profitability for the transport business, according to Carlos Paulin, commercial manager of vocational trucks at Volvo.
It’s worth mentioning that Suzano consists of a team of over 40 thousand employees, both in-house and outsourced, being the largest global producer of pulp, one of the largest paper producers in Latin America, a leader in the hygiene paper segment in Brazil, and a reference in developing sustainable and innovative solutions from renewable source raw materials.
With 12 factories in Brazil, and others in North America and Europe, the company has an annual installed capacity of 13.4 million tons of pulp, 1.7 million tons of paper, and 280 thousand tons of hygiene products.
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