Arauco North America purchased the operating assets of Suddekor’s paper treating business located in Biscoe, North Carolina. The acquired asset gives Arauco the ability to impregnate decorative paper with melamine based resin, which is used for the manufacture of thermally fused laminate panels (TFL).

Arauco purchased operating assets of Suddekor's paper treating business in Biscoe, North Carolina

17:14 / January 29, 2015

Jan 29, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Arauco North America purchased the operating assets of Suddekor’s paper treating business located in Biscoe, North Carolina. The acquired asset gives Arauco the ability to impregnate decorative paper with melamine based resin, which is used for the manufacture of thermally fused laminate panels (TFL), as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The Biscoe facility brings a new capability to Arauco in North America, and will supply the internal needs of its five laminating centers located in Albany, OR; Bennettsville, SC; Moncure, NC; Sault Ste. Marie, ON, and St. Stephen, NB.

To complement the purchase of this asset, Arauco recently announced plans to install a next generation fast-cycle press to produce TFL products, and to expand the particleboard panel capacity at its plant in Bennettsville, South Carolina (CPB).

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Arauco purchased operating assets of Suddekor's paper treating business in Biscoe, North Carolina

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