USA - The US door manufacturer Steves & Sons, Inc. placed an order with  Siempelkamp for two forming and press lines for the production of door skins.

Steves & Sons also placed an order with Siempelkamp subsidiary Büttner for two fiber dryers and an energy plant.

The two press lines each consist of a fiber classifier, mat forming, forming line and the multi-daylight press yielding millions of door skins per year.

The energy system not only supplies thermal energy to the drying systems, it also heats thermal oil for press heating and generates steam for wood defibration. Commissioning and start-up is scheduled for 2024.

Siempelkamp has already proven its experience in the area of door skin production with a high-performance plant operated by a Turkish customer. The surface qualities of the panels require highest demands: From appearance and material density to thickness tolerances, many factors affect the appearance, the final quality, and ultimately the production costs of the door skins.