GERMANY – This September, Yildiz Entegre Siempelkamk placed an order for the supply of two new production lines of MDF/HDF located in Russia and Romania. This is the first time Entegre Yildiz, the largest wood-based materials manufacturer in Turkey, invests in production facilities outside the country.

Siempelkamp will supply one MDF/HDF plant including a 9' x 55.3m ContiRoll® press to Vladimir in Russia situated 190 km east of Moscow. The second plant, also for the production of MDF and HDF, will be built in Pitesti, Rumania. Here, Yildiz Entegre will operate an 8' x 55.3m ContiRoll® press.

The annual production volume of Yildiz Entegre currently amounts to approx. 2 million m³ of MDF/HDF and 900,000 m³ of particleboard. The new investment will increase MDF/HDF production by approx. 1 million m³ to 3 million m³ annually.

The scope of supply for both projects includes the production areas for drying and separating, the forming and press line, the cooling and stacking line, the fully automatic high stack storage system as well as high performance sanding lines with integrated cut-to-size system. Siempelkamp will also provide the corresponding automation for all supplied plant areas as well as the process data handling and evaluation via "Prod-IQ" for the entire production plant.

"With this plant concept, which was developed jointly by Yildiz Entegre and Siempelkamp, we once again provide our customer with excellent machine technology for the most cost-efficient production of wood-based materials possible. Including the new orders, we are proud to say that Yildiz Entegre has purchased a total of six MDF/HDF presses, each with a length of 55.3m. This partnership and consistency has been beneficial for both sides for a long time and will continue to be in the future," says Dr.-Ing. Hans Fechner, spokesman of G. Siempelkamp.