Cartones Ponderosa completes rebuild of boxboard machine

摘要

Cartones Ponderosa S.A. de C.V.'s No. 1 box-board machine at San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, came back into operation following a five-week shutdown for a $52 million rebuild to increase production. "We decided to increase capacity 20 percent from 150,000 mtpy to 180,000 mtpy based on the long-term strategy of maintaining market leadership in Mexico and to expand our export capability," says Humberto Cano, planning and finance manager for Cartones Ponderosa. "And next year, with a minor in- vestment, capacity will expand to 200,000 mtpy. We have already set up the machine to produce this additional tonnage."