CHINA – Chinese Lian Jiang Huasen Wood Industry Co., Ltd ordered a press line for the production of particleboard for its production site in Lianjiang, Zhanjiang City from Siempelkamp (Qingdao) Machinery & Equipment Co. Ltd. 

This direct order will safeguard Siempelkamp’s technology and market leadership in the Chinese market.

Lian Jiang Huasen Wood Industry Co., Ltd, founded in 2007, is currently manufacturing 100,000 m³ of MDF annually and has established itself as leading wood-based materials manufacturer in the GuangDong province. As a result of the investment in the new Siempelkamp plant, the company will become the largest producer of particleboard in the western part of GuangDong – and the owner of the first continuous particleboard plant in the southwest of the province.

The heart of the future production plant will be the 4’ x 33.8m Generation 8 ContiRoll® press. The press will be designed for a contractually agreed production capacity of 270,000 m³ of particleboard annually. The primary characteristic of the new order from Lian Jiang Huasen Wood Industry Co., Ltd. is that, for the first time, the production capacities of the new Siempelkamp production site in Qingdao are used. In cooperation with the Krefeld parent plant, Siempelkamp (Qingdao) Machinery & Equipment Co. Ltd. will manufacture essential components for the ContiRoll®. Thus, Siempelkamp, together with the plant in Wuxi, is optimally making use of its location advantages in China in order to provide customers in the local market environment all competitive advantages at a particularly attractive price. Lian Jiang Huasen Wood Industry Co., Ltd will start operating the new production plant at the end of 2017; the start of the installation is planned for the summer of 2017.