{"id":989850,"date":"2023-06-06T19:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/upm-ii-un-megaproyecto-que-pone-a-uruguay-en-el-mapa\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:59:07","slug":"upm-ii-a-megaproject-that-puts-uruguay-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/upm-ii-a-megaproject-that-puts-uruguay-on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"UPM II: a \u201cMegaproject\u201d that puts \u201cUruguay on the map\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Interview with Santiago Tosar, Commercial Manager at Ingener, in a special supplement<\/a> of the newspaper El Observador on the inauguration of UPM Paso de los Toros.<\/p>\n

A Uruguayan company with operations throughout the region, which has played a major role in the construction of UPM\u2019s second mill in the country. Ingener, also present in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, operates in two main business areas\u2014engineering and construction, and operation and maintenance services\u2014with strong expertise in energy, electrical infrastructure and industrial projects.<\/p>\n

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Ingener was one of the first companies to start working on the UPM Paso de los Toros project, in October 2019. More than two years later, the company remains involved in the project, now completing the final stages of process instrumentation and electrification.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt UPM Paso de los Toros we reached some 25 contracts in different areas of expertise, such as mechanical installation, civil works, piping, HVAC, and industrial electrification and instrumentation, among others,\u201d said Santiago Tosar, Commercial Manager at Ingener.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s workforce peaked in mid-2022, with more than 800 people working on site.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a very important job that gave further impetus to our company\u2019s steady growth. Compared with the Fray Bentos mill, we practically multiplied tenfold the number of contracts and, above all, the number of hours worked by our staff,\u201d Tosar said. In fact, \u201cour history with UPM began at the Fray Bentos mill; that is where we started building the relationship, also working on the construction of that first pulp mill in Uruguay,\u201d the Commercial Manager continued. \u201cThe relationship continued with operation and maintenance during the operating phase of the Fray Bentos mill, and now we are further consolidating this relationship, which began in 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tosar highlighted the involvement of Uruguayan companies in the UPM Paso de los Toros project, which entailed a multimillion-dollar investment by the Finnish company, in addition to the resources and facilities provided by the country. \u201cMore than 80% of the total hours worked on this particular project were Uruguayan, which meant a great challenge for the construction sector and also an opportunity for growth, both for companies and for people,\u201d he said. Tosar stressed that Ingener\u2019s strategy is \u201calways\u201d focused on the \u201clong term\u201d: working on the construction and then continuing to collaborate during the operating phase. \u201cThat is what happened in Fray Bentos, and we hope the same will happen in Paso de los Toros,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Although the construction projects are in their final stage, the company maintains a team of more than 40 people working on commissioning, and the goal is to keep working at UPM Paso de los Toros once production begins. \u201cWe hope to maintain the relationship and keep growing together.\u201d<\/p>\n

What challenges lie ahead for a company like Ingener? The Commercial Manager replied that the challenge is to consolidate the company\u2019s growth and the professional development of all its employees. \u201cIn this sense, megaprojects of this kind, not only in Uruguay but also internationally, are a very important learning experience and growth opportunity for companies and for workers, who also gain great expertise in different areas,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

According to Tosar, these initiatives \u201cput Uruguay on the map\u201d and show the country\u2019s ability to meet these challenges. \u201cUPM Paso de los Toros showed that in Uruguay we are capable of this type of megaproject, especially considering that we went through a pandemic and a logistics crisis\u2014extremely adverse situations that arose during construction\u2014and still finished on schedule and to the expected quality,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

This achievement, in turn, provides the \u201copportunity\u201d to showcase this \u201ckind of track record\u201d and thus \u201creplicate it\u201d in other projects in the country and in the region, and to \u201ckeep expanding our activity\u201d internationally.<\/p>\n

For Ingener\u2019s Commercial Manager, the UPM Paso de los Toros project went beyond the company and meant a change for the entire industry in the country. \u201cWe are proud that the project\u2019s goal was achieved with Uruguayan hands and Uruguayan management teams, just as we are gratified that a company like UPM trusts in Uruguay\u2019s development and in the capabilities of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cUPM Paso de los Toros has been one of the most significant projects in the country in recent years. Uruguay prepared well and responded well. This shows that we are ready to host major initiatives, and Ingener has the capacity to be part of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Interview with Santiago Tosar, Commercial Manager at Ingener, in a special supplement of the newspaper El Observador on the inauguration of UPM Paso de los Toros. A Uruguayan company with operations throughout the region, which has played a major role in the construction of UPM\u2019s second mill in the country. Ingener, also present in Argentina,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":989851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989853,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989850\/revisions\/989853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingener.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}