German plant manufacturer Dieffenbacher expects 2018 will be the one of
its busiest and most significant years ever based on the completion of
record-setting wood-based panel plants. In Grayling, Michigan,
USA, Arauco will start production on the largest particleboard press in
North America and one of the largest in the world. At 10 feet wide and
52.5 meters long, the CPS+ will be the core of the complete
particleboard plant delivered by Dieffenbacher.Roseburg will
begin assembling its new LVL plant in Chester, South Carolina, USA. With
a daily output of 800 m³, the CPS will be the world's largest
continuous LVL press as measured by production capacity, while the
upstream 600 kW Dieffenbacher Microwave will be the most powerful
preheating system of its type in LVL production.In Chittoor,
Andhra Pradesh, India, Greenply will commission the longest continuous
press in Asia. The 56-meter-long CPS is designed to produce 1,400 m³ of
high-quality MDF per day.Also in 2018, Dieffenbacher will supply
the first continuous press to North Africa. The CPS+ is part of a
complete MDF plant ordered by BIGSTAR subsidiary Panneaux d‘Algérie for
its site in El Tarf, Algeria.
Arauco’s new plant in Grayling, Michigan, will be home to the largest particleboard press in North America.
With 2018 just two months old, Dieffenbacher anticipates one of its busiest and most significant years ever based on the completion of record-setting wood-based panel plants.