Business Units
Lureza Spain
Foundation: 1862
Takeover by Grupo RB: 2013
Production: Distillation of Pine gum resin to produce rosin and turpentine and, basically, turpentine derivatives.
Location: Coca - Segóvia - Spain.
Main office: Madrid
Manufacturing Capacity: 17,000 ton/year of rosin derivatives; 10,000 ton/year of gum distillation.
Main markets: Cosmetic, adhesives, food, ink and varnishes and others.
Manufacturing Unit – Manduri
Takeover by Grupo RB: It was the first facility from Grupo RB, founded in 1992.
Production: Rosin and turpentine.
Location: in the state of São Paulo (SP)
Manufacturing Capacity: 38,000 ton/year of rosin and 8,000 ton/year of turpentine.
Main markets: Inks, varnishes, adhesives, fragrances, aromas, waxes in general and road marking paints.
Manufacturing Unit – Sengés
Takeover by Grupo RB: 1996
Production: Rosin and turpentine.
Location: Sengés, in the state of Paraná (PR), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: 48,000 ton/year of rosin and 10,000 ton/year of turpentine.
Main markets: Inks, varnishes, adhesives, fragrances, aromas, waxes in general and road marking paints.
Manufacturing Unit – Salto
Takeover by Grupo RB: 1996
Production: Rosin-based resins, turpentine-base pine oils, alpha and beta pinene.
Location: Salto, in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: Pine oil production capacity 2,400 ton/year, resin 37,000 ton/year and alpha and beta pinene 4,200 ton/year.
Main markets: Inks, varnishes, sealants, adhesives, gum base for chewing gum, fragrances, aromas, waxes in general and road marking paints.
Manufacturing Unit – Resinas Tropicais
Takeover by Grupo RB: 2000
Production: Tropical rosin and tropical turpentine.
Location: Uberlândia, in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: 28,000 ton/year of rosin and 6,000 ton/year of turpentine.
Main markets: Inks, varnishes, adhesives, fragrances, aromas, road marking paints, printing inks.
Manufacturing Unit – Rio Grande
Takeover by Grupo RB: 2006
Production: rosin and turpentine.
Location: Rio Grande, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: 30,000 ton/year of rosin and 6,400 ton/year of turpentine.
Main markets: Inks, varnishes, adhesives, fragrances, aromas, road marking paints, printing inks.
Manufacturing Unit – Itabox
Takeover by Grupo RB: 2010
Production: Production of sawn timber (kiln dried with phytosanitary treatment - HT), wooden kits, pallets, box spring beds, wooden feet for beds, plastic and metal accessories for box spring beds. We provide service throughout the country and export pinus and eucalyptus wood.
Location: Itapetininga, in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: 120,000 box spring units/year.
Main markets: Furniture Sector, Mattress Manufacturers, Industrial Packaging Manufacturers and Consumers, Pallets and Wooden Artifacts.
Manufacturing Unit – Itacol
Foundation: 2010
Production: Rosin and turpentine.
Location: Itapetininga, in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: 54,000 ton/year of rosin and 11,500 ton/year of turpentine.
Main markets: Inks, varnishes, adhesives, fragrances, aromas, road marking paints, printing inks.
Manufacturing Unit – Sweet Gum
Takeover by Grupo RB: 2011
Production: Gum base for the chewing gum sector.
Location: Itapetininga, in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Manufacturing Capacity: 6.000 ton/year.
Main markets: Confectionery chewing gum, chewing gum in general, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and functional chewing gums.
Resiflor, Sul Brasil and São Bento
The São Pedro Forest Complex (RESIFLOR) is the main Grupo RB’s Forest Research and Development Center. Resiflor has a research nursery that works with grafting and recovery of tree individuals selected in the field. The company also has an orchard of potted seeds where not only controlled crossing is performed but also many experiments on resin tapping, forest management, genetic improvement and clonal orchard of seeds in the field.
Location: Guareí, in the state of São Paulo (SP), in Brazil.
The farms of Sul Brasil and São Bento also have experimental areas and seed orchards. Generally, the experiments are allocated in sandy soil (Resiflor) and clay soil (Sul Brasil and São Bento) to better know the interaction between treatments and these two types of soil.
Nursery Jaó
Center to produce Genetically Modified Seedlings of High Gum Resin Yield. That’s the place where seedlings are produced to supply the company’s own plantings, partnerships, incentives; this area also provides the seedlings that are sold to third parties.
This nursery has a vast clonal garden with many Pine species and hybrids adapted for planting in the whole country, aiming at the production of resin and wood. Moreover, the company has a cold room with great storage capacity for genetically improved seeds.
Location: Itapeva, in the state of São Paulo (SP)
Manufacturing Capacity: More than 12 million Pine seedlings a year.
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