Jan 12, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Masisa SA has taken delivery of major sections of a new 280,000 cubic metres per year medium density particleboard (MDP) line being built at its board plant in Cabrero, Chile. The $55 million project involves the conversion of the site’s original 160,000 cubic metres per year MDF line to a MDP particleboard unit, as Wood Based Panels International reported. The 21m Kusters press is capable of turning out MDP panels in a thickness range of 2.5-40mm. New equipment for the line includes a 27ton per hour Buttner dryer, a Siempelkamp front end as well as panel handling and a new cut to size section supplied by Kontra. Cabrero’s new line is expected to lead to the creation of 145 new jobs on site following its commissioning. Production at the new plant is due to begin in the 3Q 2011.