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Table 5 North America future capacity changes '000m3


Capacity as at end 2018 Capacity as at end 2019 Capacity as at end 2020


9798 9190 9707


It is to replace an existing plant with a


new complete particleboard plant made by Siempelkamp, which contains a Generation 9 ContiRoll in the format 9ft x 32.1m as the core component. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 500,000m³. Uvadrev’s goal is not only to expand production capacity but also to optimise quality and manufacturing costs. Gluing technology will be designed to meet the E05 standard, with dry urea used in the middle layer to reduce formaldehyde levels. This latest project follows an earlier initial


investment by Uvadrev in Siempelkamp technology in 2012, when a 300,000m3 capacity particleboard was ordered. Assembly of the new plant is scheduled to begin soon. We have also heard from regional officials that 2022-23 will see the launch of a particleboard production project by Kastamonu in Tatarstan Republic. Moving to the Ukraine, Kronospan has


been continuing with its project in the Rivne region.


A new particleboard production facility is being established on the site of a closed foundry / Rivne Tractor Unit Plant. The €200m project was delayed by the pandemic. The design capacity of the plant is as yet unknown and we estimate the project will be completed beyond 2022, so at the moment it is featuring in our Table 7 list of Non EU28 future capacity.. A Rivne furniture cluster is also being


created which is a typical example of a cluster of representatives of government,


Table 6 EU28 Future capacity changes '000m3 Capacity as at end 2018 Capacity as at end 2019 Capacity as at end 2020


37217 37797 39818


New Capacity 2021 onwards


New Capacity 2022 onwards Luxembourg (Sanem) Italy


Kronospan Saviola


39818


1,000 (e) 40818


Table 7 Non EU28 Future capacity changes '000m3 Capacity as at end 2018 Capacity as at end 2019 Capacity as at end 2020


17424 17424 17524


New Capacity 2021 onwards Russia


Interwood Invest, Irkutsk Katyusha


Turkey Ukraine


Kronospan, Kaluga Uvadrev Samsun


Kronospan, Rivne Region


130 240


1023 (e) 500 380 tba


19797++ business and education.


The Rivne project forms just one part of Kronospan’s wider plans for the expansion of its presence in the eastern European region. Meanwhile, Turkey has been a massive centre of wood-based panels industry investment in recent years and it seems like that trend shows no sign of relenting. The latest addition to new capacity in


the country is Kastamonu Entegre’s first board production at its Samsun plant’s new particleboard line, supplied by Siempelkamp. Assembly had been started in July 2020 and a dry run was completed at the end of January 2021 prior to official production of the first board. “Congratulations and, above all, thanks go to the entire Kastamonu team who made


Table 8 Capacity changes: Europe and North America '000m3


US


Canada Mexico EU28


Non EU


2018 6410 2430 958


2019 6019 2174 997


2020 6536 2174 997


37817 38397 39818


17424 17424 17524 65039 65011 67049


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it possible to implement the project on time and successfully during these special times," said Ulrich Kaiser, head of sales at Siempelkamp.


The new particleboard line, aimed at


the Turkish furniture market, includes a Generation 9 ContiRoll in the 7ft x 37.1m format, designed for a daily output of approximately 2,000m³. The plant is the eighth Siempelkamp plant with continuous press technology which Kastamonu currently operates in Turkey, Russia, and Italy. Turkish competitor Starwood launched a new line in 2019 with equipment supplied by Dieffenbacher. The CPS+ press line at Inegöl is 9ft wide by 63.5m long and is billed as the largest continuous wood-based panel press in Turkey.


NORTH AMERICA


In North America, shipments of particleboard have been increasing in 2021. Again, that is


Above: Assembly work will begin soon on Uvadrev’s new particleboard plant at Uva Continued on page 20 www.wbpionline.com | October/November 2021 | WBPI


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