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APRIL owns and operates one of the world's largest pulp and paper mill complexes. The site includes pulp and paper mills, an integrated chemical plant, and a power plant that generates all the energy for the complex, mostly from bio-fuel.

The kraft pulp mill is the biggest single-site pulp mill in the world with a capacity of 2 million tons per year.

The paper mill has one of the world's fastest fine paper machines, with a designed maximum speed of 1,500 meters per minute. Capacity of the paper mill is 350,000 tons per year.

Built within the past decade, both mills use the most advanced European and US plant machinery and processes, are fully computerized, and both have been awarded ISO 9002 certification. Audits to achieve ISO 14001 certification of the pulp and paper mills' environmental management system are underway.

The safety of employees is paramount, and a concerted effort has been put in place to develop and maintain a culture of safety throughout the mill complex. The plant's safety standards are benchmarked against the best in the industry on a worldwide basis.