Mili has the largest production capacity in the entire southern hemisphere from a single location.
With the largest production capacity in the entire southern hemisphere from a single location, Brazilian manufacturer Mili leverages advanced technology and a strategic alliance with Kӧrber Group for continued growth
Founded in the interior of Santa Catarina, in the municipality of Três Barras, Mili is a source of pride in Brazil. With a single-location annual production capacity of up to 200,000 tons, Mili is recognized as one of the largest tissue paper manufacturers in Latin America. It is also “Latin America’s largest single-serve tissue paper converting operation,” as described by Mili Founding Partner and President Valdemar Lissani.
Mili, plant floor and conversion lines, Três Barras, Brazil
These notable achievements distinguish Mili as a respected tissue industry leader. They also point to the hard work, reinvestment in factories, and commitment to team development that Mili prioritized during its decades-long rise to the top — and still focuses on today.
Building and relying on strategic partnerships is central to this core philosophy, and perhaps best illustrated by the flourishing 37-year relationship between Mili and Kӧrber.
Strategic Thinking, Advanced Technologies
“It’s common knowledge within our company that the Kӧrber team, with their Perini and Casmatic machinery, has been the best technical and commercial partner throughout our history,” said Daniel Signori, Mili Technical Director. This statement is backed up by Mili’s conversion lines, outfitted exclusively with Perini-branded technologies and equipment.
Signori explains, “Including all of the world group brands, Mili has more than 20 conversion lines, all with signature Casmatic packaging lines as front-ends, and technologies spanning Perini Sincro, Perini Mile 4.5, Perini Time, and most recently Perini Constellation™.”
In fact, adding five Perini Constellation rewinders to the mix was what Signori deems “a watershed moment for Mili’s operation standards.” The highest-speed and highest-performance rewinder in the world is allowing the company to pursue the premium tissue market and maintain its position as an industry leader well into the future.
“Perini Constellation brings speed, reliability, and greater quality to Mili products. Combined with the broader expertise, flexibility, and efficiencies resulting from Kӧrber Tissue consolidating its Fabio Perini, MTC, and Casmatic brands, we believe — we know — we can help our trusted partner go further,” said Dineo Silverio, President of Kӧrber Business Area Tissue, for Latin America
Perini Constellation: Innovation and Technology to Reach New Markets
Perini Constellation is the most sophisticated and advanced tissue paper conversion line available. Its S6 and S8 versions (with speeds of 600 m/min and 800 m/min, respectively) are the highest-speed and highest-performance machines in the world, and they represent a significant step forward in the evolution of perfect rolls.
Equipped with combined central and surface controls, four rollers, and the renowned Italian Punzoncini technology system that controls log formation through the core, Perini Constellation radically transforms the winding concept. Further, the easy and intuitive HMI panel allows operators of all experience levels to efficiently interface with and handle the machines.
Perini Constellation uses the revolutionary 4-roll rewinding process.
Recent feedback from Perini Constellation customers around the world reflects the positive impact of the revolutionary 4-roll rewinding process – over 93% percent report being highly satisfied with product quality. In addition, Claudio Munoz, Marketing Director of Kӧrber Business Area Tissue for Americas reported that all customers achieved efficiency gains. “Over 85% saw increases in production speed and 80% noticed reduction in machine downtime” commented Munoz. “Plus, more than 100 lines have been sold worldwide since the technology’s launch in 2015.”
In light of these advanced technologies and differentials, Perini Constellation ensures uniform rewinding at all speeds and perfect rolls from the first to the last sheet. It also allows for production of the widest range of extremely soft, high-bulk rolls on the market — a value-add in the eyes of consumers and a considerable competitive advantage for Mili.
“The increased product quality provided by Perini Constellation makes Mili a major contender in the premium market,” Signori explained. “From everything we know and have tested, Perini Constellation is simply the best option in the market for combined high technology, versatility, and efficiency.”
Signori was also quick to point out the operational benefits. “We are always seeking to balance the equation of lower cost and maximum efficiency in our lines. Perini Constellation gives us the capacity for the best operational result, supported by Kӧrber resources that introduce a much wider range of possibilities than our previous lines.”
As Mili leans into the future, the company continues to lean on the 37-year relationship it has with Kӧrber, which recently strategically consolidated its three respected tissue companies — Fabio Perini, Casmatic, and MTC, under one brand: Kӧrber. The power and potential of Kӧrber , providing complete converting and packaging solutions for toilet paper rolls, kitchen towels, and folded products, provides Mili the foundation for continued success through maximum efficiency, sustainability, and innovation as it serves the markets of Brazil, Mercosur, and beyond.
Mili Founding Partner and President, Valdemar Lissani, and Claudio Munoz, Marketing Director of Kӧrber Business Area Tissue for Americas.
About Kӧrber
An international technology group with about 10,000 employees, more than 100 locations worldwide and a common goal: to turn entrepreneurial thinking into customer success and shape the technological change. With 5 business areas — Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain, Tissue, and Tobacco — Kӧrber Group offers products, solutions, and services that inspire, responding quickly to customer needs, executing ideas seamlessly, and with innovation to create added value for customer. In doing so, we aim to increasingly build ecosystems that solve the challenges of today and tomorrow.
