# Bracell invests R$7 billion in Project Star dissolving pulp expansion in Sao Paulo state

Bracell Group presented its R$7 billion (about EUR 1.66 billion) Project Star to expand dissolving pulp production at Lencois Paulista, Sao Paulo state, due for completion by end-2021. The operation phase will employ about 4,000 permanent workers.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-07-29
- Where: Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo state, Brazil
- Value: $1.80B (7.00B BRL)
- Jobs: 4,000
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: six-fold capacity increase in dissolving pulp production
- Products: dissolving pulp

## Companies

- [Bracell Group](https://endata.com/companies/5322.md)
- [RGE](https://endata.com/companies/5323.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bioenergyinternational.com](https://bioenergyinternational.com/bracell-investing-r7-billion-in-project-star-dissolving-pulp-capacity-expansion/), 2019-07-29: "Due for completion by the end of 2021, Project Star represents the largest private investment in the state of São Paulo in the last two decades years."

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