Paraná, June 11, 2019 – Klabin’s Puma Unit will shut down for equipment preventive maintenance from July 1st, ensuring safety and operational continuity of the plant. Over six thousand maintenance orders will be performed during the 16 days.

The Maintenance Shutdown is compulsory for companies working with pressure vessel machinery, such as boilers and digesters, under Regulatory Standard NR13. To perform the activities within the deadline, a large number of employees who work exclusively in the pulp & paper industry is required.

To carry out these services within the scheduled period, about 4.5 thousand employees from partner companies will be engaged. “This year, several preventive maintenance activities will be held at the unit, seeking our operating efficiency. To this end, we will count on specialized teams that will work to have everything completed by the scheduled date”, explains maintenance manager of the Puma Unit, Leandro de Almeida Laube.

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Due to the equipment shutdown or the resumption of activities, during the maintenance period people might sense odors or hear noises in the vicinity of the plant. The company stresses that none of these are harmful to the health of people or the environment. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to call Klabin at 0800 728 0607 or send an email to faleklabinpr@klabin.com.br.

About Klabin 

Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of packaging paper and the leader in the corrugated board and industrial bag packaging segments, Klabin is the country’s only company offering one-stop solutions in hardwood, softwood and fluff pulp. Founded in 1899, Klabin has 17 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina. In Santa Catarina alone, Klabin generates over 5,200 direct and indirect jobs.

Klabin is a pioneer in adopting mosaic-based stewardship, which consists of planted forests interspersed with preserved native forests, forming ecological corridors that allow native wildlife to roam their natural habitat while contributing directly to protecting the soil, water and biodiversity. Klabin’s forest area in Santa Catarina covers a total of 135,000 hectares, 68,000 of which are native forests. The company also maintains in Santa Catarina a State Natural Heritage Private Reserve (RPPNE), the Serra da Farofa Complex, which is an area dedicated exclusively to the conservation of biodiversity, academic study and research. The region is home to important headwaters, such as those that flow into the Canoas and Caveiras rivers, as well as to endangered wildlife species.

Klabin’s entire management is guided by Sustainable Development and, in Santa Catarina, the company develops social and environmental programs, including Growing Up Reading Program, Growing Up Program, Environmental Protectors and Legal Forests Program.

Klabin also supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and the Brazilian Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor, and seeks suppliers and business partners that share its values of ethics, transparency and respect for sustainability principles.

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