People

As a leading company wood-based solutions, Sonae Arauco is working to shape better living and working environments.

Wood is at the core of our business, a natural raw material that combines technical performance with characteristics that support its use in a circular value chain, including reuse and recycling.

We are passionate about what we do and firmly believe in the wide range of applications that wood has to offer. Since our company was founded, we have focused on developing wood-based solutions for furniture, interior fit-out applications and the construction industry. Functionality, material quality and versatility are at the heart of our product development, enabling solutions that meet a broad range of requirements and applications.

Working at Sonae Arauco

Sonae Arauco has an industrial soul.

 

We seek excellence and long-term profitability along with our business partners. Our everyday dream is to take our clients’ ambitions further by offering an attractive combination of industrial expertise, functionality, quality, design and price.

 


To accomplish it, we rely on a multicultural team of approximately 2,500 people united by a culture of ethics and transparency, care and inclusiveness. We believe in teamwork, safe workplaces, cooperation and long-lasting partnerships.

Since its creation, our company’s essence is sustained by a diverse workforce.


We are a group of about 2,500 people, from 38 different nationalities, working in 8 countries and 2 different continents. Because of this geographical diversity, we encourage our people to develop an international career.
We believe in the value of diversity and we are aware that this is one of the factors that is actually taking our company further.

Code Of Ethics
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Sustainability is an integral part of our business strategy and how we create value for customers, employees, partners and communities.


Our approach is built on the responsible use of wood, certified sourcing, circularity and the incorporation of recycled wood into our production processes. By promoting the efficient use of resources and extending the value of wood through recycling, we support a more circular bioeconomy.

 

As a renewable raw material, wood also stores carbon during its lifetime. Combined with our focus on resource efficiency and innovation, this helps position wood-based solutions as part of the transition towards a lower-carbon future. 

Our Commitment
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As part of its Industry 4.0. journey, Sonae Arauco has been investing in advanced technologies to transform its industrial operations.

 

Today, technology, big data and artificial intelligence play an increasingly important role in our manufacturing processes. By leveraging these capabilities across our industrial sites, we aim to enhance efficiency, quality and operational performance, reinforcing Sonae Arauco's long-term competitiveness and resilience.

Wood Made Stories
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We believe that our people take us further every day and support personal and professional development, through constant training, helping them to achieve their goals.

 

In fact, learning is in our DNA. We strive to continuously attract exceptional people and we expect all our teams to remain strongly committed to our company’s development.

careers
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International scope and diversity

Since its creation, our company’s essence is sustained by a diverse workforce.


We are a group of about 2,500 people, from 38 different nationalities, working in 8 countries and 2 different continents. Because of this geographical diversity, we encourage our people to develop an international career.
We believe in the value of diversity and we are aware that this is one of the factors that is actually taking our company further.

Code Of Ethics
International Scope 650X354

Sustainability

Sustainability is an integral part of our business strategy and how we create value for customers, employees, partners and communities.


Our approach is built on the responsible use of wood, certified sourcing, circularity and the incorporation of recycled wood into our production processes. By promoting the efficient use of resources and extending the value of wood through recycling, we support a more circular bioeconomy.

 

As a renewable raw material, wood also stores carbon during its lifetime. Combined with our focus on resource efficiency and innovation, this helps position wood-based solutions as part of the transition towards a lower-carbon future. 

Our Commitment
H1199 006 (1)

Cutting edge technology

As part of its Industry 4.0. journey, Sonae Arauco has been investing in advanced technologies to transform its industrial operations.

 

Today, technology, big data and artificial intelligence play an increasingly important role in our manufacturing processes. By leveraging these capabilities across our industrial sites, we aim to enhance efficiency, quality and operational performance, reinforcing Sonae Arauco's long-term competitiveness and resilience.

Wood Made Stories
Cutting Edge Technology 650X354

Career development

We believe that our people take us further every day and support personal and professional development, through constant training, helping them to achieve their goals.

 

In fact, learning is in our DNA. We strive to continuously attract exceptional people and we expect all our teams to remain strongly committed to our company’s development.

careers
Career Development 650X354
Our people
Sonae Arauco has characteristics that derive from its history, but above all from its people, which allow us to work simultaneously in a company loaded with history, knowledge, and habits, and in a company that is still in the process of building its processes, global culture and routines.
Isabel Moutinho, Product Development Manager, Maia
Sonae Arauco is teamwork. I love the local and international teamwork spirit at Sonae Arauco, where everyone can contribute. Together we create more and each wheel makes us go a little faster every day.
Simon Drath, NEE Marketing Manager, Detmold
It has been an amazing experience working at Sonae Arauco. Everyone is so welcoming and openly willing to integrate us, from the Contacto Program, to the Sonae Arauco team. Never in a million years, I'd imagine having such an amazing environment at my first job, and I’m just so grateful for being part of the Sonae Arauco family for the past and future months!
Leonardo Freitas, Business Analyst, Maia
I started working at Sonae Arauco 17 years ago, and the feeling that characterises these years is that of belonging to a big family. The company is already a part of you, its evolution, its changes, always with the aim of becoming better.
Enrique Quirós, SWE Specification Manager, Madrid
Our great human team, the support of belonging to a multinational group, the great diversity between some days and others are a challenge to optimise processes, minimise losses and always improve. These are the real reasons for my passion for this work.
Emma Garcia, Production Manager, Cuéllar
Sonae Arauco’s strategy puts sustainability at the centre, naturally creating a culture of innovation. A clear milestone in this evolution is the launch of BioReFiber X, an MDF panel produced from recycled fibers, something that the industry considered unthinkable a few years ago. Being part of this reality keeps me motivated to improve, innovate, and continuously develop my skills.
Thomas Bembe, Reliability Engineer, White River
Sonae Arauco has characteristics that derive from its history, but above all from its people, which allow us to work simultaneously in a company loaded with history, knowledge, and habits, and in a company that is still in the process of building its processes, global culture and routines. Isabel Moutinho, Product Development Manager, Maia
Sonae Arauco is teamwork. I love the local and international teamwork spirit at Sonae Arauco, where everyone can contribute. Together we create more and each wheel makes us go a little faster every day. Simon Drath, NEE Marketing Manager, Detmold
It has been an amazing experience working at Sonae Arauco. Everyone is so welcoming and openly willing to integrate us, from the Contacto Program, to the Sonae Arauco team. Never in a million years, I'd imagine having such an amazing environment at my first job, and I’m just so grateful for being part of the Sonae Arauco family for the past and future months! Leonardo Freitas, Business Analyst, Maia
I started working at Sonae Arauco 17 years ago, and the feeling that characterises these years is that of belonging to a big family. The company is already a part of you, its evolution, its changes, always with the aim of becoming better. Enrique Quirós, SWE Specification Manager, Madrid
Our great human team, the support of belonging to a multinational group, the great diversity between some days and others are a challenge to optimise processes, minimise losses and always improve. These are the real reasons for my passion for this work. Emma Garcia, Production Manager, Cuéllar
Sonae Arauco’s strategy puts sustainability at the centre, naturally creating a culture of innovation. A clear milestone in this evolution is the launch of BioReFiber X, an MDF panel produced from recycled fibers, something that the industry considered unthinkable a few years ago. Being part of this reality keeps me motivated to improve, innovate, and continuously develop my skills. Thomas Bembe, Reliability Engineer, White River

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