{"id":98274,"date":"2026-03-19T07:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/new-lumin-plywood-mill-in-uruguay-nearing-startup\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:19:19","slug":"new-lumin-plywood-mill-in-uruguay-nearing-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/new-lumin-plywood-mill-in-uruguay-nearing-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lumin plywood mill in Uruguay nearing startup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Construction of Lumin\u2019s new plywood mill in Melo, in Uruguay\u2019s Cerro Largo department, is advancing, with commissioning underway and startup planned for July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The project represents one of the largest recent investments in Uruguay\u2019s wood processing sector. The new facility is expected to have a production capacity of around 164,000 m\u00b3 per year, bringing Lumin\u2019s total plywood output close to 500,000 m\u00b3 annually once fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>The investment amounts to approximately US$136 million.<\/p>\n<p>Site preparation began in April 2024, followed by the delivery of key machinery from Finland in October 2024. Mechanical assembly started in April 2025. Commissioning of core systems, including the steam generator, medium-voltage equipment and grid connection, began in November 2025. The commissioning of the process lines is continuing through the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The technology package for the mill has been supplied by Raute under a contract valued at \u20ac49.6 million. The scope includes the full production chain, from log handling to finished panels. Installed lines cover veneer peeling, drying and grading, veneer composing, plywood lay-up and pressing, as well as panel repair and sawing. The agreement also includes service support and long-term on-site management.<\/p>\n<p>The new mill is being developed to process plantation-grown logs from the region. Lumin has established plantations in the area since 2006\u20132007, which have now reached harvesting age. The project is intended to increase local processing and reduce the export of unprocessed logs.<\/p>\n<p>Lumin currently operates two plywood mills in Tacuaremb\u00f3 with a combined output of around 304,000 m\u00b3 per year. With the addition of the Melo plant, Uruguay is expected to strengthen its position among plywood producers in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>No further details have been disclosed regarding ramp-up schedules beyond the planned startup in July 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Lumin plywood mill in Uruguay nearing startup - Timber Industry News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/new-lumin-plywood-mill-in-uruguay-nearing-startup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Lumin plywood mill in Uruguay nearing startup - 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