The first chips were fed into the digester in the Fray Bentos Botnia pulp mill in Uruguay earlier this month. The start up process is proceeding fluidly, according to the scheduled plan. The start up process began when the recovery boiler was turned on with fuel oil in order to generate the necessary high pressured steam to produce energy and warm up the different process areas, in particular the digester.

When the digester reached the necessary temperature, the cooking process began. A team of more than 200 Uruguayan and Finish technicians per shift are working in this process.