VIETNAM – The Vietnamese Mekong Wood MDF Joint Stock Company ordered a complete MDF plant from Siempelkamp. With this project, the company, which is well-established in the wood-based materials industry, is entering panel production, which will primarily be fed with the local raw materials acacia and eucalyptus.

Mekong Wood MDF Joint Stock Company, based in Phu Tho, is an experienced player in the wood-based materials industry with excellent connections within the industry. So the obvious step was to go into production parallel to trading in wood-based panels.

Siempelkamp has recently demonstrated its expertise with the successfully commissioned first plant in Vietnam that processes acacia wood – a raw material that is challenging in the production process. Mekong Wood will also mainly use acacia and eucalyptus as raw material. One more reason to rely on Siempelkamp in view of the outstanding performance of the premiere plant.

The heart of the new factory will be a forming and press line with ContiRoll in the 8-feet x 47.1m format .

The plant will be designed for an annual production capacity of over 400,000m³, which will be supplied mainly to the furniture industry. The thickness range for these boards is focused on 15-17mm, with a possible spectrum of 3.5-32mm.

“This order is a compliment to our commitment to introduce press concepts for processing the most demanding raw materials extremely successfully to the market,” said Marc Müller, head of commercial sales at Siempelkamp.