About Empresas CMPC

Empresas CMPC S.A. engages in the production and distribution of solid wood products, pulp, packaging, tissue and personal care products. Business Areas CMPC Celulosa This is the business area responsible for the company’s forest assets and the production and distribution of solid wood products and pulp. It has operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. It is present worldwide with a network of agents and representatives in 16 countries in the Americas, nine in Asia, eight in Europe and one in Oceania and it also supplies raw materials and products to the African continent. To provide support to this network, it has Customer Service offices in the cities of Los Angeles and Santiago in Chile and Guaiba in Brazil. Additionally, since 2019, it has a sales representative office in Atlanta, in the United States, and as of 2019, one in China, as well as one in Europe starting in 2020. Some of CMPC Celulosa main competitors are APP, APRIL, Arauco, Eldorado, Ilim, Klabin, Stora Enso, Suzano, and UPM. CMPC Bosques It had forest assets in Argentina, Brazil and Chile totaling 1,189,680 hectares as of December 31, 2019. It also has three automated nurseries for the production of quality saplings using programs for genetic improvement that use techniques, such as the selection of superior individuals, cross-breeding, assessment and specimen cloning (genotype propagation), among other practices for the improvement of production. It is this business area that plants and manages the forest assets that support the company’s industrial development with a long-term vision and sustainability. Its main products are pulpwood, sawing logs, logs for laminating (pruned and with knots), firewood, wood chips, and biomass. Its subsidiaries are Bosques del Plata (Argentina), CMPC Brazil (Brazil) and Forestal Mininco (Chile). CMPC Maderas The CMPC Maderas has three production lines, such as sawmills, plywood and millwork, with a total of six production facilities, all of them in Chile. Three are sawmills (Bucalemu, Mulchen and Nacimiento); 2 millwork mills (Coronel and Los Angeles); and one plywood plant (Collipulli). Its main products are green and kiln-dried sawn wood, plywood, moldings and edge-glued panels. CMPC Pulp This is the business unit in charge of the production and distribution of pulp and its derivative products. Its four mills, Laja, Pacifico, and Santa Fe in Chile, and Guaiba in Brazil, have a combined annual production capacity of 4.3 million tons. Its main products are bleached softwood kraft pulp from Radiata pine (BSKP), sack kraft paper, unbleached kraft pulp (UKP), bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP), and printing and writing paper (P&W). CMPC Biopackaging This business area provides sustainable solutions from virgin or recycled natural fibers for the promotion, transportation and protection of its clients’ products. CMPC Biopackaging products are made from materials, which in most cases can be reincorporated in the production cycle. It manufactures corrugated products, boxboard, paper sacks and bags, and molded pulp products and distributes P&W paper. Its brands have a global presence in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania through a network of commercial representatives. As of 2019, Biopackaging’s structure is subdivided in four major business units: Corrugated, Boxboard, Sack Kraft, and Edipac, which have 15 production facilities altogether throughout Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru. CMPC Corrugados This subsidiary includes the entire value chain from collecting paper, through manufacturing corrugated paper, to its conversion into boxes and trays for the fruit and industrial sectors. It has three factories for packaging, molded pulp and paper production, as well as fiber recycling in Chile. Its main products are corrugated boxes, cardboard edge protectors, molded-pulp trays, corrugated and wrapping paper and bales of recycled paper and board. CMPC Boxboard This is the boxboard manufacturing business unit. It uses virgin Radiata pine pulp for the production of its products as this allows it to deliver boxboard products with a perfect ratio of weight/flexibility. It also offers lighter-weight products, which provide clients with a competitive advantage as they are more easily folded and allow more folds and pockets per unit of boxboard weight. There is also an especially designed line of products of boxboard for graphic design and branding. Boxboard industrial operations are located in the Maule and Los Rios regions of Chile. CMPC Sack Kraft Its products are industrial paper sacks. It offers quality products made from Radiata pine fiber. It manufactures packaging solutions at its four strategically located plants in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru and distributes them with the help of a commercial network with an office in the United States and a logistics platform that makes it possible to serve more than 25 countries in the region. CMPC Edipac A distributor of printing and writing paper and boxboard, either manufactured by the company’s subsidiaries or imported from international producers. It has presence in Chile and its main products are bond paper, boxboard, cut size papers, couche paper, and non-carbon copy paper, among others. SOFTYS This is the business area responsible for the production and distribution of tissue paper, personal care and away-from-home products from virgin fiber and recycled materials. The business unit distributes its products under 25 brand names of tissue and personal care products. It has 19 production facilities across eight countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. Additionally, it operates a smaller scale plant for collecting paper for recycling in Argentina. Walmart and Cencosud are the only individual clients that account for more than 10% of the revenues of this business area, while there is no individual supplier responsible for more than 10% of the business’ purchases. Its main competitors are Kimberly-Clark and Essity. In January 2019, this area merged all its subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay under the name Softys. It has three business units, such as for tissue products, personal care products and away-from-home products. Tissue Products Responsible for the consumer tissue product line, including toilet paper, paper tissues and paper towels, among others. Its production facilities are located in all eight countries where Softys has industrial presence. Personal Care Softys develops products for the care, protection and autonomy of people at different stages in their lives. Its products encompass the categories of infant, adult, and feminine care, among others. Its production facilities are present in all eight countries where Softys has industrial operations and in the case of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are independent of the tissue paper business units by being geographically separated. Away from Home This business segment is dedicated to corporate and institutional clients. Its products are marketed under the Elite Professional brand. These products are manufactured in all eight countries where Softys is present, both at integrated facilities with the other two business lines mentioned above and at its own plants. The company provides support for forest management certifications to two groups of small and medium timberland owners. History Empresas CMPC S.A. was founded in 1920. The company was incorporated in 1920.