# WestRock completes Três Barras paper mill expansion in Paraná, Brazil

WestRock started up the Três Barras paper mill expansion in Paraná, Brazil, raising kraftliner capacity to 750,000 tonnes per year from 480,000. The expansion cost $350 million within a wider $1.2 billion Brazil investment cycle.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-09-14
- Where: Três Barras, Paraná, Brazil
- Value: $350.0M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 750,000 tonnes per year (up from 480,000)
- Products: kraftliner, corrugated cardboard boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [valorinternational.globo.com](https://valorinternational.globo.com/business/news/2021/09/14/westrock-launches-latin-americas-largest-kraft-paper-mill-operation.ghtml), 2021-09-14: "Production capacity in Três Barras rose to 750,000 tonnes from 480,000 tonnes per year."

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