{"413941":{"#nid":"413941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ARAUCO Joins IPST as Corporate Member","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELatin American forestry company ARAUCO Investigaciones Forestales Bioforest S.A. is a new corporate member of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST). Celulosa Arauco y Constituci\u00f3n S.A. (ARAUCO) is one of the major forest products companies in Latin America, with 2011 sales exceeding US$4.3 billion. The company employs more than 35,000 through its industrial operations in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, in addition to its network of sales offices around the world.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe welcome ARAUCO and look forward to a productive relationship,\u201d said IPST director Norman Marsolan. \u201cThey add another dimension to our international roster of high-profile forest bioproducts companies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EARAUCO operates in five business segments:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022100%\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00220\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr valign=\u0022top\u0022\u003E\u003Ctd width=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EForestry\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EARAUCO\u2019s forest land is distributed throughout Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay with 2.5 million acres of forest plantations, 963,700 acres of native forest and 484,300 acres assigned for other purposes.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr valign=\u0022top\u0022\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWoodpulp\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EThe company produces 3.2 million tons per year of bleached and unbleached market Kraft pulp.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr valign=\u0022top\u0022\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETimber:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EA total of 2.7 million cubic meters a year are produced in Chile and Argentina.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr valign=\u0022top\u0022\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPanels:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E6.2 million cubic meters a year are produced in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, USA and Canada.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr valign=\u0022top\u0022\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBioenergy:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EIn Chile, ARAUCO provides electric energy for its industrial operations through its cogeneration power plants, which sell to Chile\u2019s energy grid.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EARAUCO owns 963,700 acres in Chile for preservation, research and conservation purposes. The company conducts conservation, preservation and research in more than 407,700 acres of native forest in Chile, Argentina and Brazil. In Chile, there are 155,600 acres classified as High Value Conservation Areas, rich in biodiversity and social and cultural attributes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EARAUCO has been contributing to education for 28 years. It manages three schools: Colegio Constituci\u00f3n, Colegio Cholgu\u00e1n and Colegio Arauco. Through Arauco Educational Foundation, established in 1989, the company contributes to the improvement of municipal education. The Foundation has benefited 557 schools, 4,700 teachers and more than 85,000 students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Latin American forestry company becomes an IPST corporate member"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-11 13:18:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:37","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"413931":{"id":"413931","type":"image","title":"ARAUCO","body":null,"created":"1449254239","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:19","changed":"1475895147","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:27","alt":"ARAUCO","file":{"fid":"202424","name":"130403_arauco.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130403_arauco_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130403_arauco_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6323,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/130403_arauco_0.jpg?itok=b5wR2rWb"}}},"media_ids":["413931"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"128721","name":"arauco"},{"id":"67571","name":"forest products"},{"id":"4754","name":"IPST"},{"id":"127091","name":"member"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. 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