Fibria

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Fibria Celulose S.A
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Pulp
Founded2009;15 years ago (2009)
Defunct2019 (2019)
FateMerged with Suzano Papel e Celulose
Headquarters São Paulo, Brazil
Key people
Marcelo Strufaldi Castelli, (CEO)
Products Wood products
Raw material
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$ 3.5 billion (2017)
Decrease2.svg US$ 335.6 million (2017)
Number of employees
15,000
Website www.fibria.com.br

Fibria Celulose was a Brazilian pulp and paper company, created by a merger between Aracruz Celulose and Votorantim Celulose e Papel. The company has a production capacity exceeding six million tons of pulp and paper produced in seven factories distributed in five Brazilian states.[ citation needed ] Much of this production is exported. The company has many distributor centers around the world and five branch offices in São Paulo (Headquarters), Beijing, Csomád - Hungary, Hong Kong, Miami and Nyon, Switzerland.

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Fibria participates in one joint-venture in Brazil, Veracel is the company which shares with Finnish Stora Enso.[ citation needed ]

Fibria will be able to produce additional 6.7 million tons of pulp per year, when expansion projects planned before the merger are accomplished. [1] The company's main competitors are the Brazilian Eldorado Brasil and the Chileans CMPC and Arauco.

In 2018 the company merged with its largest rival Suzano Papel e Celulose.

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References

  1. "VCP e Aracruz formam maior empresa do mundo em celulose". Invertia. Sep 1, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved Oct 21, 2009.