CMPC (company)

Empresas CMPC S.A. (Spanish: Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones; popularly known as the “Papelera”) is a Chilean pulp and paper company, headquartered in Santiago, Chile.^[1]^[2] It is the largest paper manufacturer in the country;^[3]^[4] and one of the biggest companies worldwide, according to Forbes Global 2000's ranking in 2023, with $1B in profits in 2023.^[5]

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Empresas CMPC S.A.

Company type	Sociedad Anónima
Traded as	BCS: CMPC
Industry	Pulp and Paper
Founded	12 March 1920; 105 years ago (1920-03-12)
Headquarters	Santiago, Chile
Key people	Luis Felipe Gazitua, (Chairman) Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Edwards, (CEO)
Revenue	US$ 5.1 billion (2017)
Net income	US$ 103.0 million (2017)
Number of employees	17,500 (2015 average)
Subsidiaries	Forestal Mininco
Website	www.cmpc.cl

CMPC is engaged in integrated forest industry, which operates as a holding company through four business centers: forestry, pulp, paper and paper products, and tissue.^[6] Each of these areas can function independently, being in the holding company for overall coordination and financial management of these businesses. Supplies, computer systems and other related administrative support, are centralized in CMPC SA Shared Services.

The company has operations mainly in the South American countries Chile, Argentina, Brazil,^[7] Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay as well as in Mexico in North America. Its main competitors are Suzano (based in Brazil), Arauco (based in Chile), APRIL (based in Indonesia), and Södra (based in Sweden).

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