Milestones

2022

Sonae Arauco subscribes first funding linked to sustainability performance

2022

Beeskow industrial unit inaugurates a state-of-the-art PB production line

2022

Green Product Award

Sonae Arauco’s Innovus decorative product range won in the Interior & Lifestyle category. This is one of the most recognised international competitions in sustainable design. With the incorporation of recycled wood as raw material and its high-tech surface, Innovus® solutions combine aesthetic credentials, technical performance and environmental sustainability.

2021

Opening of a new distribution centre for the NEE region

2021

Launch of Innovus® brand in the South African market

2021

Iconic Awards

The Cosmos matte and three-dimensional finish of the Innovus®collection was chosen by the judges of the German Design Council as the winner of the ICONIC AWARDS 2021, in the Innovative Interior category.

2021

German Design Award

The particularly impressive combination with the decorative Feel Light Grey, inspired by textile felt, also won in the Excellent Product Design and Elements category of the German Design Award.

2020

Launch of Sonae Arauco’s pioneer forest R&D project

2020

Valladolid College of Architects distinguishes Sonae Arauco’s building with the DOCOMOMO Award

The Valladolid College of Architects (COAVA) has given the DOCOMOMO plaque to the building of Sonae Arauco’s industrial unit in Valladolid, as a recognition for its patrimonial value.

2019

Sonae Arauco inaugurates a state-of-the-art production line in South Africa

2019

Sonae Arauco joins FSC® International

2019

Best Digital Transformation Enterprise

The Best Digital Transformation Enterprise award, at the European Digital Mindset Awards, distinguished the company for the way it evolved from a traditional business model into a digital one.

2019

High Product Quality Award

3DF -Three Dimensional Fibreboard®awarded the “High Product Quality – intelligent material & design” prize, upon its launch, at Interzum, a prize that given for the innovative, functional and design aspects of the product. 

2016

Strategic partnership with Arauco.

2011

Launch of the new Innovus brand – Sonae Indústria´s decorative products.

2005-2006

Partnership with Tarkett (Germany) – 2005. Purchase of Hornitex (Germany) and Darbo (France) – 2006.

2001

Purchase of Sappi Novobord in South Africa. At the same time, Sonae Indústria began an ambitious diversification programme of its product range and modernisation of its technical assets, making major investments in France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada.

1998

Purchase of Glunz (Germany) and Isoroy (France).

1993

Purchase of Tafisa

Purchase of Tafisa in Canada, which is today one of the biggest particleboard factories in the world, plus new factories in Brazil (for particleboard and MDF panels) and in South Africa (particleboard).

1989

Sonae Indústria was the leader in the particleboard sector in Portugal and began its process of internationalisation and expansion through the acquisition of a particleboard company in the United Kingdom.

1971

The expansion and diversification of Sonae Indústria began in 1971, upon taking over Novopan, a particleboard factory located near Porto. At the same time, the first melamine coating line in Portugal was installed and production of components for the furniture and interior design industries began.

1963

LAMINITE was launched on the market and is today known worldwide as the Sonae Indústria decorative laminate.

1959

Foundation of Sonae

SONAE was founded in Maia, where it has its head office, with the purpose of producing decorative high pressure laminates.

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