He also pointed out that “it is an honor that UPM considers Uruguay he The most important international Forest Genetic Engineering Development Center”, within a context in which pulp exports are expected to soar a fifty% during 2023after the start of operations at the plant UPM2.
Delgado recalled that since 2020 there have been negotiations to improve the contract of the Finnish company, which was seeking to build its second plant in Centennial Town (Peach), in addition to negotiating additional investments of 330 million dollars by UPM.
The hierarch indicated that “development is giving people, wherever they live, connectivity, logistics infrastructure, and access so that they have more opportunities.” This concept of “local and human” development is part of the “course we have set”, he added.
Technical specifications of the UPM nursery in Sarandí del Yí
The nursery began to be built in August 2020, and is located 10 kilometers from Sarandí del Yí, on route 6, kilometer 210. The facility occupies an area of 15 hectaresand consists of computerized metallic greenhouses with intelligent control of the environment, greenhouse heating system based on biomass, while the irrigation of the plant is based on a water closure with recovery of excess irrigation without effluent discharge.
use some 600 cubic meters of water per daywhere are included a 25% recycled water. The main source of water is a cutwater that stores rainwater. The plantation absorbs capacity to produce 10 million plants a year.
Source: Ambito
