Jan 26, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Siempelkamp received Euro 67 million order from Asperbras in Água Clara, Brazil. Siempelkamp supplies all components for the high-end MDF line ranging from the engineering to the steel construction, to the complete fiber preparation technology and forming and press line all the way to the finishing equipment. Additionally, Siempelkamp will supply an energy plant, a short-cycle press line as well as an evaporation plant for the water treatment, the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The scope of supply for the new MDF plant for Asperbras is comprehensive. Initially, this includes the plant planning and engineering by the Siempelkamp subsidiary Sicoplan in Belgium. Next to the steel construction and sheet metal work, the complete conveyor technology, debarker, chipper, bunker, chip washing, fiber preparation technology, silos equipped with extracting systems, fiber sifters, belt scales, moisture meters as well as the forming machine are part of the scope of supply. The fiber dryer with a dry material throughput of 23 t/h as well as the 42 MW energy plant will be supplied by the Siempelkamp subsidiary Büttner Energie- und Trocknungstechnik GmbH.

At the Àgua Clara location in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Asperbras will soon be producing MDF for the furniture industry. The installation start is scheduled for February of 2016.