History

The origin of Comaco Forestal dates back to 1960, when Italo Zunino Muratori and Mrs. Maria Eugenia Besnier installed a portable steam sawmill to produce Radiata Pine lumber, firstly for the domestic market and later on shipped to the Argentinean market.

From the beginning, the earnings generated in the business were fully reinvested in the acquisition of timberland in order to ensure the supply of raw materials for their saw mill.

In the seventies, Mr. Zunino co-founded the Consorcio Maderero Ltda., which brought together nine small forest entrepreneurs who, by joining their production and commercialization skills, were able to open new markets and export together. Through the Consortium exports to the United States, the Caribbean, North Africa, Scandinavia, Asia, and the Persian Gulf countries, began.

In 1985, while still a member of the Consorcio Maderero Ltda., Forestal Comaco starts developing the business of woodchips and its export, mainly to Japan, country with which it has 25 years of uninterrupted trade relations.

In the early nineties, Consorcio Maderero Ltda. is dissolved, ending its commercial business, leaving each one of its members with freedom of action. As far as Forestal Comaco is concerned, it continues to sell wood chips; pine logs and carries on with the acquisition of forest land.

Nowadays, Forestal Comaco owns a significant area of pine, eucalyptus and native species from the VI to the X regions, which are responsibly managed, primarily for the production of lumber and pulpable wood.