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WORLD Existing plants, December 2024 000m3 Country India


Rushil Decor Limited Shirdi Industries


Sudama Wood Panel Private Ltd Teekays


Country Iran


Company


Arian Chemie Arian Chemie 2 Arian Maryam


Arian Sina


Arian Takhteh 1 Arian Takhteh 2


Arta Industrial Group Caspian Fomanat


Khazar Choub Kimia Choub Lohe Sabz


Mansour Industrial Group Melamine Sazeh Noghteh


Novinchoob Pakchoub


Parko (Aria Pooya) Pars Neopan Rahasan


Vina Fiber Pakistan Al-Noor Sugar Mills Ltd


Crystal Board Mills (Pvt) Ltd Pershawar Particleboard PFB Private Ltd


ZRK Industries (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka Merbok Total Sri Lanka


Z-Sifter technology and the PROjet glue- saving system to help Wisewoods achieve operational excellence. Wisewoods exclusively uses rubberwood fibres as the raw material for its MDF boards. “Before processing rubberwood, it’s important that the latex components are eliminated from the raw material,” says Visarut Palarit, deputy director at Wisewoods.


Dieffenbacher also supplied Wisewoods with the glue preparation and dosing system, the forming station and forming line, a CPS+ continuous press and the raw board handling system.


In South Korea, with 2,113,000m3 of MDF


production capacity installed, raw material availability remains a key issue. With the introduction of the Recycled Energy Policy, the amount of wood ‘waste’ used for energy has increased. So, consequently Korean panel manufacturers seek a new policy now to prioritise the cascade and efficient use of


INDIA AND PAKISTAN In India we have seen MDF capacity grow substantially to 3,524,000m3


in 2024.


The plywood manufacturer Greenply Industries Ltd’s MDF line in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, has a 56m-long press with its Dieffenbacher CPS at the core of the


wood for materials first. Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil and China are the major suppliers of imported MDF in this country.


A notable challenge that emerged at the start of this year was the resurgence of trade friction linked to Trump-era tariffs. Several Asian MDF producing economies were hit with tariffs ranging from 10% to 49%, disrupting trade flows and shaking market confidence. Looking ahead, the region’s ability to weather these shifts will depend on how quickly producers can diversify, invest in value-added products, and strengthen their green credentials.


plant. Greenply (Tinsukia, Assam) announced


plans to eliminate existing bottlenecks at its two MDF locations in Routhu Suramala (Andhra Pradesh) and Pantnagar (Uttarakhand). This was intended to ultimately increase total capacity of these two plants by 20%, from the current 540,000m³/year to 650,000m³/year, so capacity figures for these two lines have now been adjusted. In its current round of investment planning, the company estimated INR250m for these expansions, which were completed in 2024, so both are updated in the main listing.


In addition, Greenply acquisition Baahu


Panels Pvt Ltd, a company based in Kolkata, west Bengal, has plans to build an MDF mill in Sherpura in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Meanwhile, India’s largest MDF manufacturer, Greenpanel, ordered its third MDF plant from Dieffenbacher. The new


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Arian Saeed Arian Saeed


Teekays Location


Sari, Mazandaran


Amir Abed Seaport, Mazandaran Rasht, Gilan


Sari, Mazandaran Rasht, Gilan


Ardebil, Ardebil Foman, Gilan


Noor, Mazandaran Gorgan, Golestan Shushtar, Khuzestan Lowsham, Gilan Azarshahr, Tabriz Semnan, Semnan Ahvaz, Khuzestan


Hussainabad, Khuzestan Rasht, Gilan


Tonekabon, Mazandaran Behshahr, Mazandaran Rasht, Gilan Total Iran


Moro, Nawabshah Haripur Hazara


Karachi Mardan


Total Pakistan


Group


Location Vishakapatnam


m3


/year


240,000 40,000 198,000 100,000


3,632,000 m3/year 210,000


250,000 250,000


140,000 250,000 250,000 150,000 105,000 120,000 60,000 120,000 130,000 250,000 150,000 100,000 200,000 400,000 250,000 90,000 100,000 130,000


3,705,000 52,000 30,000 50,000 198,000 210,000 540,000 180,000 180,000


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