- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Pulp & paper
- Address
- Caracas Venezuela
- IPO Date
- Feb 29, 2000
- Business
- Manufacturas de Papel, C.A. (MANPA) is a Venezuela-based pulp, paper, and packaging manufacturing company primarily engaged in the production, conversion, and commercialization of consumer tissue, industrial paper, and commercial packaging products. The company operates through two core business divisions: the Hygienic Products Division and the Printing, Writing, and Packaging Division. Its product portfolio comprises consumer and institutional tissue products, including two-ply bath tissue, absorbent kitchen towels, table napkins, facial tissues, and interleaved hand towels marketed under proprietary brand names such as Jazmín, Sutil, Pétalo, Ecology, Cayena, Gardenia, and Maracay; industrial and packaging solutions, including multi-wall paper sacks, commercial bags, brown and white kraft paper rolls, and corrugated packaging substrates; and graphic paper products, including printing sheets, cut-size office paper reams, school notebooks, and continuous stationery forms. In addition, the company operates integrated fiber recycling and secondary pulp processing operations to support its manufacturing plants. Headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, with principal manufacturing and converting mills located in Maracay, Aragua State, MANPA traces its operating history back to 1912 and serves domestic consumer retail channels, commercial enterprises, and industrial clients across Venezuela and regional Caribbean markets. In recent corporate developments, MANPA implemented a major capital restructuring and share consolidation approved at its Extraordinary General Assembly in June 2026, which executed a one-million-to-one share exchange ratio to streamline trading mechanics on the Caracas Stock Exchange (BVC: MPA) and adjusted its corporate capital base. The company also unified its equity trading under the standalone MPA ticker on the BVC SIBE Smart electronic system and expanded its eco-friendly product portfolio through the rollout of sustainable recycled-fiber consumer lines, including the Ecology and Cayena product offerings.