The Navigator Company

This article is about the Portuguese paper company. For companies named Navigator, see Navigator (disambiguation).

The Navigator Company,[1] S.A.
Company typeSociedade Anónima
Euronext Lisbon: NVG
PSI-20 component
ISINPTPTI0AM0006
IndustryPulp and paper
Founded2001 (2001)
HeadquartersSetúbal, Portugal[2][3]
Key people
João Castello Branco (CEO)[4]
Productsnewsprint and writing paper; bleached kraft pulp; biomass; timber
Revenue€ 1.953 billion (2023)[5]
€286.2 million (2012)[6]
€211.2 million (2012)[6]
Total assets€2.724 billion (2012)[7]
Total equity€1.480 billion (2012)[7]
Number of employees
2,278 (June 2012)[8]
ParentSemapa
Websitewww.thenavigatorcompany.com

The Navigator Company (formerly known as Portucel Soporcel Group) is a Portuguese pulp and paper company.

The Navigator Company has a productive capacity of 1.6 million tonnes of paper and 1.4 million tonnes of pulp,[9] with 1,380 km2 of forest, and an annual turnover of over €1.5 billion (US$1.9 billion). The company uses eucalyptus as the prime raw material for the production of pulp and fine printing and writing paper. Portucel is Europe's largest producer of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp.[10] It is also one of the five largest European producers of uncoated wood-free paper.

Publicly traded on Euronext Lisbon, Portucel is controlled by the industrial conglomerate Semapa which owns almost 77% of its shares.

As part of the significant investment in the expansion and internationalization of its production activities, the "Portucel Soporcel Group" has taken the decision to change its corporate brand to "The Navigator Company".

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  3. ^ "Grupo Portucel Relatório e Contas 2012 – Contactos" (in Portuguese). Grupo Portucel. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. ^ EcoNews: Navigator’s CEO will leave his position in April
  5. ^ "Results for 2023 – Portucel" (PDF). Portucel Soporcel. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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  7. ^ a b "Portucel Group Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Portucel Soporcel. Retrieved 8 September 2013. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Interim Report for the 1st Half 2012 : Sociedade Alberta" (PDF). Backoffice.portucelsoporcel.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Grupo Portucel Soporcel | The Group – Profile". Portucel Soporcel. 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  10. ^ Khalip, Andrei (28 October 2009). "Portucel's profit falls 38%, gives bleak forecast". Reuters. Retrieved 4 January 2010.