CANADA – Roseburg recently announced automation and modernization of its at Pembroke MDF plant in Ontario for Mouldings production.

The two-line moulding operation is in the midst of a significant modernization project. An automated packaging line has been installed on line 1 and is resulting in huge improvements in efficiency and employee satisfaction and continues with the installation of line 2 which began this month.

When complete, these automations will increase the operation’s total volume capacity by more than 50 percent.

Pembroke MDF became part of the Roseburg enterprise in 2018 and was the company’s first international operation. Pembroke MDF, located in Renfrew County, Ontario has a 195 member team led by plant manager, Alexandre Ouellette. This facility is producing a wide variety of high quality MDF products as well as manufacturing MDF mouldings onsite.

Roseburg Forest Products Company is the largest family-held wood products company in the United States.