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Uniboard invests in robotic material handling system for Val-d’Or PB mill
focused on achieving highest efficiency. Using advanced technology plays a strategic role in strengthening relationships with existing clients, developing new customers, markets and business opportunities while improving overall productivity at the facility.” In addition to its ability
Above: The Uniboard Val D’Or plant
Uniboard has announced an investment of US$5.5m in an innovative robotic material handling system at its Val-d’Or particleboard plant. The investment is designed
to put Uniboard at the leading edge of composite panel manufacturing in North America in terms of innovation, productivity and processes.
Programme Innovation Bois (PIB) of the Province of Quebec provided funding support to Uniboard to reduce the new technology risk in the applied innovation. “This investment is part of the overall third phase of the Val-d’Or’s Renaissance Project, our particleboard modernisation programme which is scheduled to come
on stream in summer 2025 and affirms Uniboard’s leadership in the North American engineered wood products arena,” said James Hogg, president and CEO of Uniboard. “Employing autonomous guided vehicles to transport our panels simply compliments the US$350m Val d’Or modernisation project
to produce value-added TFL products, the Val-d’Or plant also leverages the capabilities of its onsite Unires resin plant, making it one of the most integrated production sites in North America.
Uniboard Canada Inc has an installed capacity of over 660 million square feet of raw particleboard, high and medium-density fibreboard, thermally fused laminates (TFL) and high-pressure laminates (HPL). Its mills are located in Sayabec, Val-d’Or and Mont-Laurier.
Andritz delivers pressurised refining system to Metro Decorative Pvt Ltd
Above: Successful production of first fibres at the MDF production facility in Kashipur, India PHOTO: ANDRITZ
International technology group Andritz has delivered a pressurised refining system to Metro Decorative Pvt Ltd in India.
The new line at the MDF production facility in Kashipur
has now successfully produced its first fibres. “We wanted to work
together with a company that has deep expertise in the panelboard industry, and our collaboration with Andritz
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has proven successful,” said Aman Garg, director of Metro Decorative Pvt Ltd.
The pressurised refining
system is equipped with a proven S1050 refiner with 3,300kW installed.
Andritz says the system can produce 20 bdmt/h of high-quality fibres from wood chips. An efficient pre- steaming system contributes to high fibre quality and low electrical and thermal energy consumption. The scope of supply also included a 16in plug screw feeder for optimised dewatering before refining, a maintenance-friendly 42in discharger, and an innovative pressurised digester with counter flow and steam regulation system. Metro Decorative Pvt
Ltd specialises in the production of aluminium composite panels, plywood, particleboard, MDF, MDHMR boards, and laminates. The group manufactures its products at facilities located in Uttarakhand (Kashipur), Gujarat, and Haryana, India.
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