Siempelkamp to supply a new MDF production line for Rushil Decor in India

The Indian wood-based materials manufacturer Rushil Decor commissions Siempelkamp as the single-source supplier of a MDF plant in India. With the new plant in Atchutapuram, the manufacturer will produce MDF from eucalyptus grown in plantations and from over mature mango trees. To meet local market needs Rushil Decor will significantly expand its pro-duction capacities above its current 3.5 million m², as the company says in a press release received by Lesprom Network.

The scope of work for Siempelkamp for this order includes the wood as well as fiber preparation system, the resin blending and application system, the fiber dryer and sifter, the forming line, an 8 ft. x 28.8 m ContiRoll press, the cooling and stacking line, the intermediate storage, the sanding line, and the cut-to-size line.

The press line will be equipped with the mat preheater ContiBooster. By preheating the mat before it enters the press it can be heated quicker inside the ContiRoll press resulting in produc-tion increases of up to 20%.

With the new MDF plant Rushil Decor will increase its daily production capacities by 760 cubic meters. The start of delivery is scheduled for the last quarter of 2018; the startup of the plant is scheduled for the 4Q 2019.

Rushil Decor Limited is one of the largest Indian manufacturers for wood-based panels.