SVEZA Kostroma, part of SVEZA, has completed the investment project of installation of DragonPeel, a spindle-free peeling line. The project involved about RUB 60 million ($1 million) of investment, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Raute Dragon, a spindle-free peeling line manufactured by FCA Nastola, will be an extension of the peeling process line used for production of large-sized plywood by SVEZA Kostroma. During the veneer peeling process, the existing Raute VE 800х2700 line produces more than a million 80 mm diameter peeler cores per year. Previously, they were considered waste and were not recycled. The new Raute Dragon line allows the reduction of the core size from 80 mm down to 35 mm.
The spindle-free peeling line capacity is 6 cubic meters per shift. Usage of waste for production reduces consumption of raw material during the veneer peeling process by at least 2%.
“This project is a part of SVEZA’s extensive investment program”, says Anatoly Frishman, company CEO. “The total amount of investment in development of our assets in the Kostroma region has exceeded RUB 2.8 billion ($49 million) for the last five years. The introduction of the new peeling line at SVEZA Kostroma achieves several tasks at once: it increases the production effectiveness, optimizes consumption of raw materials, increases production capacity, and reduces the amount of production waste. The company will continue investing large sums of money into equipment modernization in 2018. Overall, the company is planning to invest RUB 12.2 billion ($215 million) in development of its assets.”
SVEZA is the worldwide leader in birch plywood production.
