Dieffenbacher gathers two further panel plants: particle board panel plant for Pfleiderer and a big OSB plant in Asia

Dec 04, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Wood based panels manufacturer Pfleiderer has awarded the Dieffenbacher Group with the contract for supplying a new particle board line. The panel plant is expected to arrive in Neumarkt, Germany, in the summer of 2013, where it will be installed as part of ongoing modernization and expansion measures being carried out at the production site. The panel plant is then set to be put into operation during the 1Q 2014. Nearly at the same time an undisclosed customer in Asia awarded Dieffenbacher with a contract for an OSB plant, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. "We chose to award the contract to Dieffenbacher because it is the company that best meets our environmental specifications with regard to future energy savings and reductions in raw materials," says Michael Wolff, Chairman of the Pfleiderer Holzwerkstoffe Management Board. According to Wolff, the panel plant will be top of its class in Germany and will set new benchmarks in the sector. "By replacing more conventional technologies with new, state-of-the-art processes, we will be able to achieve significant reductions in CO2 emissions, while also making considerable savings in energy and raw materials during production," Wolff continues. Wolff goes on to explain that another reason behind Pfleiderer's decision to award the contract to Dieffenbacher was the fact that the particle board line currently in operation at the production site in Neumarkt is also manufactured by Dieffenbacher. "Using the same manufacturer will enable us to make the most of the technical team's existing expertise to achieve synergies between the two panel plants," he says. Pfleiderer and Dieffenbacher have announced that they work together over the coming years on the technological optimization of the panel plant. This kind of collaboration has, according to Wolff, never been seen before in the wood based panels industry. The scope of supply for the Dieffenbacher plant ranges from glue dosing through to raw board handling, with a continuous press CPS 240 – 29.4 (2.4 m wide, 29.4 m long). The forming station is a new development and is supplied as a 4-head spreading system with a roller screen in the windformer designed to improve spreading tolerances and expel lumps of glue. The complete finishing line including a diagonal saw, three star coolers, a stacking system and a connection to the existing storage system is supplied by affiliated company Dieffenbacher Zaisenhausen. The new panel plant has an average production capacity of approximately 1000 cubic meters of raw particle board per day. At the second production site in Neumarkt, Pfleiderer produces around 300,000 cubic meters of raw particle board per year. The old multi-opening presses C and D, which have been used since the 1970s, are to be taken out of operation once production with the new press commences.