The Egyptian company Wood Technology Co. (WOTECH) placed a project regarding "Green Technology" at Siempelkamp. Representatives of both companies signed the contract for an MDF plant with an annual production capacity of 205,000 m³ which will process the annual plant rice straw as raw material.
With this plant, WOTECH is positioning itself in the areas of environmental protection and resource efficiency, because the value-added use of rice straw opens up new perspectives for a raw material that would otherwise be burned as a waste product. The concept is also attractive for countries such as Egypt, which do not have sufficient wood resources for industrial use.
The greenend process, however, the straw preparation, requires specific adjustments which Siempelkamp has developed to market maturity.
"Among other things, the preparation, handling, and processing of the rice straw were newly developed in the production process," explains Jochen Dauter, Sales Director Siempelkamp.
The new plant is considered a fundamental contribution to supporting the governmental efforts in Egypt to realize an environmentally friendly, CO2-reducing andsustainable use of rice straw. It will also create jobs in the MDF production and furniture industry.
