22 | Focus on particleboard: Part 1
HOW THE LIST WAS COMPILED
The WBPI listings published in 2020 were reviewed and modifications made using other published sources and data received directly from the mills. Published information was reviewed for news of mill capacity changes.
The mills’ own reported capacities are used wherever possible but where this information is not available, published sources are used, usually on the basis of 330 operating days per year.
Conversion of ft2 to m3 1,000 ft2 equal to 1.77m3
/year is made with .
With regard to press types, the following abbreviations have been used in the listings:
Above Turkey has been a bright spot for panels investments in recent years. Starwood’s particleboard operation at Inegöl, which began operations in 2019
existing particleboard operations in Missoula, Montana; Simsboro, Louisiana; and in Taylorsville, Mississippi. “The coming investment in automated
technology will create a more competitive business and allow us to maintain a robust, long-term presence in Douglas County, the state, and the industry as a whole,” said Roseburg president and CEO Grady Mulbery. Roseburg undertook an extensive study
of strategic investment opportunities to enhance its integrated business model in the west.
The Dillard closure, coupled with other closures detailed in our report last year and the large new plant completions already mentioned above, show a clear picture of older, less competitive particleboard plants being taken out of operation in favour of more efficient, high-speed lines. There are still many older plants working
in North America, so it is not beyond the realms of possibility that more investment plans will be announced in the next few years.
Other updates from North America include a revision of capacity for Arauco North America in Albany, which we have slightly reduced to 253,000m3
line with the CPA’s capacity report. The 44,000m3
Webb Furniture
particleboard plant at Galax, Virginia has now been deleted from the main listing following its closure last year. Other changes we’ve made to the main listing this year include a location name changed to Sutter Creek for Timber Products Mill listed as Martell. As normal, WBPI readers, including mills
and technology providers are welcome to contact us with any corrections or new information on our survey reports.
MO=multi-opening/multi daylight SO=single opening/single daylight C=continuous
Mende=Bison-Mende (Calender) na=not available
The following press makes have been identified and are shown in the listing as:
to bring it in
Bison (pre and post-Metso acquisition) BVH Becker & van Hüllen C
Compak
Dieff Dieffenbacher Fjellman Küsters (pre and post-Metso acquisition) Mende Bison Mende Metso Motala NKK Pagnoni Raute Siemp Siempelkamp WIW Washington Iron Works na
Information not available
We remain pleased to accept any and all contributions to this survey. Please send them to Stephen Powney, the group editor of WBPI, at stephen.powney@
wbpionline.com
We are grateful to the CPA for the use of a small part of its figures.
If you wish to become a member of this organisation and have access to its comprehensive data, go to www.
CompositePanel.org.
We are similarly grateful to the EPF and the same applies. Go
t750ww.europanels.eu
Above Kronospan has multiple investment projects in eastern Europe, including at Rivne WBPI | October/November 2021 |
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