Acon Timber, the Argentine joint venture between the HS Timber Group (the former Schweighofer Group) and the Belgian partner Forestcape in Gobernador Virasoro, in the Argentine province of Corrientes, has started trial operations. Over the next three months, the plant with integrated further processing (drying, planing mill, pellets) will be gradually ramped up. The JV has already invested more than 100 million dollars, within the framework of a total investment of 250 million dollars, for the construction of the first stage of the which will be the largest forest-industrial complex in the country. The project, which is in ...