The Turkish wood-based panel producer Kastamonu Entegre AS placed an order with Siempelkamp for an 8' x 63.7 m MDF wood-based panel plant with ContiRoll. This makes it the longest of the 32 ContiRolls and the longest continuous press on the Turkish market.
With the new production plant at the Balıkesir location, Kastamonu Entegre is currently already developing its second mega site in Turkey. Since 2005, Kastamonu Entegre has been operating a 7' x 42.1 m ContiRoll particleboard plant with an annual output of more than 600,000 m³ at the Balıkesir site in the west of the country. The other mega site is operated by Kastamonu Entegre at the location in Gebze, where HDF, MDF and particleboard are produced as raw boards on currently three continuous press lines and various plants are operated for further processing or finishing of these products.
In Balıkesir, an MDF plant is now being built which will represent several superlatives. With 65 tons/atro per hour, the largest fiber dryer in Turkey will also be installed by Siempelkamp's subsidiary Büttner, which ensures the optimal utilization of the press capacity for HDF production. The Generation 9 ContiRoll press realizes a wide production range: Standard MDF, as well as especially light MDF (L-MDF) and HDF are produced. The products are used in the furniture and flooring industries and are marketed both locally and in export markets.
The scope of delivery for Kastamonu Entegre includes the special light-board package of the ContiRoll hydraulic system. It enables the production of L-MDF and U1-LDF with gross densities of less than 500 kg/m³.
Siempelkamp is a system supplier of press lines and complete plants for the wood-based panel industry, metal forming, and the composites and rubber industries.
