Rushil Decor orders a complete MDF plant with Siempelkamp

INDIA – The Indian wood-based materials manufacturer Rushil Decor has commissioned Siempelkamp as the single-source supplier of a MDF plant in India.

With the new plant in Atchutapuram, in the Federal State of Andhra Pradesh, the manufacturer will produce MDF from eucalyptus grown in plantations and from over mature mango trees. Rushil Decor will significantly expand its production capacities above its current 3.5 million m², in order to meet local market needs.

The scope of work for Siempelkamp for this order includes the wood as well as fiber preparation system, the resin blending and application system, the fiber dryer and sifter, the forming line, an 8 ft. x 28.8 m ContiRoll press, the cooling and stacking line, the intermediate storage, the sanding line, and the cut-to-size line. The equipment will be partially supplied from China, from both Siempelkamp production locations in Qingdao and Wuxi.

With the new MDF plant Rushil Decorwill increase its daily production capacities by 760 m³. The start of delivery is scheduled for the last quarter of 2018; the startup of the plant is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019.