VMG is now operating the new plant with a production capacity of 2,000 m3 per day. The Akmene plant in Lithuania supports the expanding furniture and kitchen production of the company. Siempelkamp supplied equipment to VMG plant. All acceptance tests for different board thicknesses between 4 and 30 mm have been completed successfully; the contractually fixed quality and capacity have been achieved.
The Siempelkamp's core component is the Generation 9 ContiRoll® in a 8' x 45.4m format. The gluing technology is geared towards low-formaldehyde or formaldehyde-free glues, and the WESP filter technology meets the highest environmental standards. The Siempelkamp subsidiaries Pallmann and CMC contributed the shredding and front-end technology, Büttner delivered the drum dryer. The grinding and cut-to-size line processes all board formats commonly used in Western and Eastern Europe. For the transport of the knife rings between the knife ring flaker and the sharpening robot, a RoundTrack® system from the Siempelkamp subsidiary Strothmann is used.
In addition to the above-mentioned panel thickness range, the plant is suitable for the production of 3mm panels – a major challenge in the particleboard segment.
