- Business
- Irani Papel e Embalagem SA manufactures and sells corrugated cardboard packaging, packaging papers and sustainable resins in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through three main segments: Sustainable Packaging, which produces light and heavy wavy corrugated cardboard boxes, sheets in single or double walls with grammages from 330 to 1440 g/m2 in waves B, C, D, E and combinations such as BB, BC, BE and DB using recycled, kraft or white paper; Paper for Sustainable Packaging, which offers seven lines of papers with grammages from 30 to 200 g/m2 including BagKraft (Prime, Smart and Cycle variants for delivery bags), FineKraft, FlexiKraft, FlashKraft and FlatKraft (certified for food contact and produced with virgin fiber from managed forests); and Sustainable Resins, which extracts gum rosin and turpentine from planted pine forests for use in varnishes, paints, adhesives and enamels with 96% of production exported. It also provides special solutions such as customized packaging for e-commerce, antimicrobial-protected products and client-focused services including training and R&D collaboration; forestry and reforestation services; and wood sales. Founded in 1941 and headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Irani maintains full vertical integration of its production chain, owns subsidiaries such as Iraflor Comercio de Madeiras Ltda and Irani Geracao de Energia Sustentavel Ltda, employs over 2,000 people and ranks among Brazil's four largest companies in the paperboard and packaging paper segments with a strong emphasis on sustainability, having received more than 60 environmental awards. Recent developments include advancing two major projects to final phases, notably a new high-performance Mitsubishi printer for corrugated cardboard paper at 87% completion with a planned January 2026 shutdown for full integration to boost production capacity; reporting adjusted EBITDA of BRL 146 million in Q3 2025 with a 33.7% margin, up 15.9% year-over-year; and sustained profitability improvements amid revenue growth despite scrap cost pressures in Q4 2024.