Uniboard invests over $7 million at its Mont-Laurier MDF plant. The investment will increase the productivity of the plant through the use of a revolutionary new wood fibre mat-preheating technology. It will further strengthen Uniboard's overall network of particleboard, MDF and thermally fused laminate facilities which are located in Sayabec, Val-d'Or, Laval and Mont-Laurier, Quebec.

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Uniboard invests over $7 million at its Mont-Laurier MDF plant

Jul 17, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Uniboard invests over $7 million at its Mont-Laurier MDF plant. The investment will increase the productivity of the plant through the use of a revolutionary new wood fibre mat-preheating technology, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

This cutting edge process technology will continue to position the Mont-Laurier MDF/HDF plant as a North American leader, renowned for its range of industry leading products such as its Excel+®, Excel, and NU Green®/PMDI-NAF and HDF panel products.

It will further strengthen Uniboard's overall network of particleboard, MDF and thermally fused laminate facilities which are located in Sayabec, Val-d'Or, Laval and Mont-Laurier, Quebec.

James N. Hogg, President and CEO of Uniboard Canada Inc., stated: "Operational Excellence is the foundation of our strategy and process technology innovation is one of the key pillars. The announcement of the new preheater today takes us another step forward and allows Uniboard to better service our customers in the North American composite and value-added panel industries. Over recent years, Uniboard has invested heavily into product development, launching new colour collections including WoodPrint Technologyâ, North America's first registered embossed thermally fused laminate panels as well as expanding our successful NU Green range of low and no-formaldehyde products. The announcement in Mont-Laurier today is in line with previous announcements of major investments improving productivity at Uniboard's mills in Sayabec and Val-d'Or, totaling some $90 million of growth investments over the next two years".

Uniboard Canada Inc. is a leading North American manufacturer of engineered wood products.