Akita plywood Mukaihama second plant (Japan) burnt down by fire in early April which had monthly production of 10,000 cubic metres of thick panel. Rebuilding plan has already started, ITTO reported.
The plan is to finish designs in June and ordered machinery then will restart operation in December this year. The new plant will have less workers but more production. It will produce at least 12-13,000 cubic metres of not only thick panel but also floor base and other nonstructural panels.
Fire protection measures are priority matter for new plant. Total monthly production of Akita Plywood was about 40,000 cubic metres then by loss of the second plant, the production dropped by about 25%.
