# WestRock receives operating license for Três Barras paper mill expansion in Brazil

The Santa Catarina state government delivered the environmental operating license for WestRock's expansion of its Três Barras paper mill. The project, begun in February 2019, cost about US$345 million and raises paper capacity to about 685,000 tonnes a year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-05-28
- Where: Três Barras, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Value: $345.0M
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: about 685,000 tonnes a year of high-performance paper
- Products: high-performance paper, corrugated packaging, eucalyptus and pine pulp
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [WestRock](https://endata.com/companies/791.md)

## Sources

- [tresbarras.sc.gov.br](https://www.tresbarras.sc.gov.br/gestao-governo-municipal/governo-de-santa-catarina-entrega-licen-a-ambiental-de-opera-o-para-amplia-o-da-westrock-em-tr-s-barras/), 2021-05-29: "As obras de expansão foram iniciadas em fevereiro de 2019, com investimento aproximado de trezentos e quarenta e cinco milhões de dólares"

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