Papel Prensa

Papel Prensa, S.A.
Company typePublic-private partnership
IndustryNewsprint
Founded1972 (1972)
HeadquartersBartolomé Mitre 739
Buenos Aires
Key people
Héctor Magnetto, President and Director
Julio César Saguier, Vice President and Director
Enrique Pigretti, CEO
Revenue US$ 94 million (2009)
US$ 4 million (2009)
Total assets US$ 111 million (2009)
Owner
Number of employees
300 (2009)
Websitepapelprensa.com

Papel Prensa S.A. is an Argentine manufacturing company, being the largest producer of newsprint in the country. The company furnishes 58% of the local market in the staple. The public–private partnership became the focus of one of a series of controversies between Clarín and Kirchnerism (the ruling Argentine political faction) in 2010.

The company is currently owned by Clarín Group (49%), La Nación (22,49%), and the Argentine State (28,08%).