Urufor

Urufor are the Uruguayan sawmiller and exporter who produce the amazingly versatile Red Grandis.

Supplied by their sister company and forestry owner, COFUSA, Urufor is responsible for the industrialization and marketing of timber products under the brand name of RED GRANDIS.

Red Grandis is a versatile hardwood which can be used for multiple applications.

COFUSA

Cofusa has been engaged in planting and forest management since 1989. Eucalyptus Grandis plantations are carried out under sustainable conditions on sandy deep soils in the North East region of Uruguay, where annual rainfall exceeds 1.650 mm (65 inches). Cofusa owns 40.000 hectares of plantations (about 97.000 acres) and together with Urufor they employ more than 600 workers.

THE FOREST

To guarantee the production of high quality wood, the effort begins at the nursery, with the Tree Improvemes.

Nursery

Capacity to produce 2,500,000 plants per year from clones and seeds from our specially selected trees.
Own Genetic Improvement Program, in progress since 2001

Plantation

Reforestation of 100% of the harvested area
Tillage technology applied to the reforestation process
Manual planting and fertilization

Forest Management

Intensive management scheme, with thinning and pruning activities concentrated in the first 5 years of the forests.
Intense selection and manual pruning of the best trees.

Forest Inventory & Planning

Permanent measurement of the forest area.
Growth and production projections tailored to our forest sites.

Harvesting

Mechanized harvesting
It is specifically planned in order to quickly obtain harvested products
Commercial thinning is conducted in order to allow the remaining trees (the best standing trees) boost all their potential. This way, growth is concentrated in few trees which have excellent qualities
After clear-felling, we obtain logs which are free of knots, more homogeneous and of higher dimensions. Permanent Forest Inventory.

Urufor processes logs from Cofusa’s plantations in its own sawmill for the production of high quality lumber.
Urufor has been operating since 1992.
State of the art sawmill.
Annual capacity: 360,000 solid cubic meters (logs input).
Modern Kiln dryers reaching a capacity of about 12,000 solid cubic meters of lumber inside chambers.
Smooth drying process where temperature, humidity and wood moisture content are controlled throughout the cycle.