Klabin

PARANA, Brazil , April 27, 2020 (Press Release) -To support the solid waste recycling service in Telêmaco Borba and the surrounding region, Klabin supplied 190 tons of scrap paper to the city’s recycling cooperative and the Imbaú waste collectors association.

The Imbaú Recyclable Material Collectors Association (ACAMARI) will receive 40 tons of paper next week. The supply will come at an opportune moment, given that the Association lost 18 tons of materials after a fire in its premises early this month. Nobody was injured but the accident put at risk the income of 13 members, who depend directly on the sale of recyclable materials. Klabin’s donation is equivalent to R$16,000.

The Telêmaco Borba Environmental Cooperative (COOPATB) received 150 tons of paper from the company. Jane Clea Rocha Camargo, interim president of COOPATB, said that the supply came at a crucial moment for the cooperative. “The donation complemented the income of 32 members of the cooperative. Without it, our income in March and April would be almost zero”, she said. Besides receiving the paper, the members started following the safety guidelines implemented by Klabin.

People working at the place who were part of the risk group for the new coronavirus were removed temporarily but continued to receive the same wages as those who could continue working. The cooperative also started to wait 72 hours before starting to sort the solid waste. “We are very grateful for the donation and for the tips to continue working, but safely”, Jane added.

According to Júlio Nogueira, Sustainability and Environment Manager at Klabin, the initiative is directly aligned with the company’s sustainability vision. “We start off from an integrated vision that understands the importance of not only taking steps to fight the new coronavirus, but also extending support to the economic activity of important partners. Collectors play an important role to maintain the circular economy, in addition to ensuring a more appropriate disposal of waste,” he said.

Health too is solidarity

In addition to scrap paper, Klabin delivered hygiene items for the recycling cooperative professionals in Telêmaco Borba, Imbaú, Ortigueira and Reserva, as part of an initiative by the Environment and Sustainability team. The campaign was conceived by 44 employees from diverse areas, who contributed to the production of 66 kits containing bleach, detergent and soap for personal hygiene. Klabin also contributed to the initiative by donating masks, gloves and eyeglasses.

In Telêmaco Borba, the donations were made personally at the end of March, respecting the physical distancing guidelines. On the occasion, Klabin employees also provided guidance on the use of the donated items and reinforced the importance of taking health and hygiene measures. For other associations in the region, detailed instructions were sent with the kits.

The initiative was led by Henrique Luvison, coordinator of the Environmental Responsibility team at Klabin, who has a long-standing relation with cooperative members. All of them work together in Klabin’s Solid Waste Program. According to him, the actions are part of a daily exercise that all of us have to do: look carefully at those around us. “It is important to show this solidarity and look out for the well-being of those around us, because simple things are not always accessible to everyone,” he said.

GRAZ, Austria, Feb. 28, 2020 (Press Release) -ANDRITZ Brasil Ltda., part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order to supply dynamic simulation solutions for Klabin’s Puma II pulp mill project in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil.

ANDRITZ Automation will be responsible for development of the dynamic simulation models, DCS checkout (DCS logic test and validation) and operator training simulator (OTS). ANDRITZ’s proprietary simulation tool IDEAS™ will be used to model the recovery boiler #2 and power boiler #2 supplied by ANDRITZ and the evaporator #2 supplied by another vendor. The simulated models will be used to test and verify process design concepts, identify and correct errors in the control logic and provide realistic, hands-on training modules for the operators, helping Klabin to achieve a faster and smoother start-up. In addition, the simulator will allow training of operators on the core processes in a risk-free environment prior to operating the actual plant.

“The well proven ANDRITZ IDEAS simulation tool has been used during commissioning, start-up and training in almost all pulp & paper greenfield projects in Brazil since 2002. We are very proud that Klabin decided again to choose IDEAS as the main simulation tool for the Puma II project. IDEAS’ incomparable technology, its unique training platform as well as the outstanding results from the Puma°I project, where ANDRITZ supplied simulation tools for key process areas in addition to major equipment and technologies, were decisive in award of the order to ANDRITZ,” says Leonardo Alves, Application and Sales Manager in Brazil for the Automation division. “Today, IDEAS software is also used to create digital twins of client mills. These digital twins run online. This kind of application can be used to measure the conditions and/or physical characteristics of a process and provide virtual measurements where real-world measurements are impossible, thus real-time plant optimization has become a reality,” he concludes.

For Klabin’s Puma II project, ANDRITZ will supply energy-efficient and environmentally friendly pulp production technologies and key process equipment, including the wood processing plant, recovery boiler, power boiler and white liquor plant.

ANDRITZ GROUP

ANDRITZ is an international technology group providing plants, systems, equipment, and services for various industries. The company is one of the technology and global market leaders in the hydropower business, the pulp and paper industry, the metal working and steel industries, and in solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial segments. Other important fields of business are animal feed and biomass pelleting, as well as automation, where ANDRITZ offers a wide range of innovative products and services in the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) sector under the brand name of Metris. In addition, the company is active in power generation (steam boiler plants, biomass power plants, recovery boilers, and gasification plants) and environmental technology (flue gas and exhaust gas cleaning plants) and offers equipment for the production of nonwovens, dissolving pulp, and panelboard, as well as recycling plants.

ANDRITZ stands for passion, partnership, perspectives and versatility – core values to which the company is committed. The listed Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria. With almost 170 years of experience, approximately 29,700 employees, and more than 280 locations in over 40 countries worldwide, ANDRITZ is a reliable and competent partner and helps its customers to achieve their corporate and sustainability goals.

KLABIN

Klabin is the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging in Brazil. It is the only company offering one-stop shop solutions in hardwood, softwood and fluff pulp as well as being the leader in corrugated board packaging and industrial bags. Founded in 1899, it has 18 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina.

According to Klabin, the total capacity of the Puma II machines will be 920,000 tons per year of kraftliner papers. Klabin’s Puma II will have consumed investments of around of two billion euros by 2023. At the Puma unit, Klabin is already producing bleached pulp (short fiber, long fiber and fluff), with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons.

Puma II will be divided into two stages: The first involves the construction of a fiber line (#3) to provide unbleached pulp. This fiber line will be combined with a machine producing kraftliner, which will be marketed under the Eukaliner brand, with a capacity of 450,000 tons per year. In this first phase, all recovery areas will also be built to handle the capacities of both project phases.

The second phase of the project involves the construction of a complementary fiber line (#4) combined with a kraftliner paper machine with a capacity of 470 thousand tons per year. Some support structures will also be extended.The work on each stage is scheduled over 24 months, and construction of the second stage will begin soon after the end of the first one. The first machine is due to start up in the second quarter of 2021 and the second machine in the second quarter of 2023.

SAO PAULO, Sept. 25, 2019 (Press Release) -Klabin, the leading producer and exporter of packaging paper in Brazil, has officially announced its commitment to the United Nations (UN) and civil society to establish targets and goals to reduce the impacts of climate change by 2050. The company is participating in the global campaign “Business Ambition for 1.5º C – Our Only Future,” and is one of 87 companies around the world recognized for leading the path to combat climate change.

With this initiative, Klabin reaffirms its ongoing efforts and publicly undertakes to continue its actions to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5°C, in line with what scientists believe is necessary to reduce the impacts of climate change.

“We are reinforcing Klabin’s commitment to sustainability and showing our recurring concern for climate change, one of the major challenges facing humanity. In our management, we prioritize a model of self-sufficiency and respect to the environment, which balances productivity with the least possible impact on the ecosystem, while seeking to continuously improve the performance of our businesses,” said Cristiano Teixeira, managing director of Klabin.

Klabin currently employs intensive efforts to mitigate as much as possible any impacts of its operations on the environment. Renewable resources derived from forest-based products such as biomass and black liquor account for 89.1% of the company’s energy matrix.

The company also has a positive balance of 5.1 million tons of CO2e in its carbon balance sheet, i.e. its forest base removes more CO2 from the air than what is emitted by all of its 18 manufacturing units. In the last 16 years, Klabin has already reduced 61% of its specific CO2e emissions, actively contributing to limiting global warming.

The commitment was announced at the Climate Summit organized by the UN this week in New York. The event is held in parallel with various meetings and activities of the Climate Week, also coordinated by the UN.

Sustainable Development Goals

Klabin already works in partnership with the UN to attain the necessary targets for the development of our planet. In 2016, it voluntarily adhered to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) established by the UN. The initiative brings together governments, civil society and the private sector around a global agenda for people, planet, peace and prosperity, setting the priorities for a prosperous future. Since then, the company has been contributing to the agenda by increasingly incorporating the SDGs into its strategic planning. The company is also a signatory to the Global Compact, an international gathering of companies in support of the UN to promote ten principles that combine fundamental values in the areas of environment, human and labor rights and combating corruption.

About Klabin

Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of packaging paper, Klabin is the country’s only company offering one-stop solutions in hardwood, softwood and fluff pulp and the leader in the corrugated board and industrial bag packaging segments. Founded in 1899, Klabin has 17 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina.

With its entire management guided by Sustainable Development, Klabin pursues integrated and responsible growth that combines profitability, social development and environmental commitment. Klabin has been a component of the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) since 2014. A signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and to the Brazilian Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor, Klabin seeks suppliers and business partners that share its values of ethics, transparency and respect for sustainability principles.