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Sumatera Prima Fibreboard enters particleboard business with new line order
Indonesia’s largest MDF manufacturer, Sumatera Prima Fibreboard (SPF), headquartered in Jakarta, has entered the particleboard business by purchasing a complete CEBRO particleboard and Super Particleboard (Super PB) plant from Dieffenbacher for its site in Indralaya. SPF’s order includes glue preparation and dosing, gluing, forming station and forming line, a CPS+ continuous press system and a raw board handling system. The order also includes the latest MAIER flaking and milling equipment: three new MAIER Knife Ring Flakers type MRZ 1500 PLUS with FlowOptimizer, the fully automatic MAIER Knife Ring Maintenance Center and two MAIER Impact Mills. “After this year’s Ligna trade
has a compact footprint and high performance, thanks to 3D material distribution via the FlowOptimizer and an extra-wide knife ring. The automated Heavy Particle Separator is designed to have easy and precise adjustment of separation efficiency, enabling improved material cleaning.
Above: Michael Pribadi, Operational Director at SPF (right) and Holger Ries, Area Sales Director at Dieffenbacher (left), in front of the new MAIER Knife Ring Flaker type MRZ 1500 PLUS.
fair, I visited Dieffenbacher’s headquarters in Eppingen to get a first-hand look at the new MAIER Knife Ring Flaker and the MAIER Knife Ring Maintenance Center,” said Michael Pribadi, operational director at SPF.
“The Knife Ring Flaker is an impressive machine whose high performance
Dexco’s wood panels business recorded solid results in Q3, 2025
Brazilian wood-based panels producer Dexco has recorded a solid Q3, 2025 with the Wood Division performing well despite reduced volumes. Dexco Wood Division closed out Q3 with a 4.8% downturn in shipments versus the same period in 2024, explained by the high base comparison for 3Q24, which saw a high level of sales following flooding in Rio Grande do Sul state and growth in the retail sector from 2Q24 onwards. For the first nine months of 2025, a 3.3% reduction was recorded versus a year ago. Despite the reduction in
volume, capacity utilization remained high (94%), reinforcing the programme to boost profitability. Net revenue totalled R$1,413.9bn for the quarter, a 3.1% decrease versus 3Q24. The richer product mix and
the capture of price increases implemented in the prior quarter partially offset the absence of forestry trading over the period. Unit net revenue rose by 1.9% in Q3. The division’s EBITDA
totalled R$394.2m for 3Q25, with a margin of 27.9%, highlighting the Division’s operating solidity and resilience, sustained exclusively by the sale of wood panels, with no contributions from forestry trading. Year to date, EBITDA totalled R$1,1720bn, with a margin of 28.4%, essentially in line with 9M24. “This performance reflects
a combination of a market facing strong demand, high- capacity utilization, and a strategy for profitability based on product mix and in addition to room for price adjustments, even in a highly competitive environment,” Dexco said.
is immediately apparent. Together with the Knife Ring Maintenance Center, we’ve invested in cutting-edge technology that will put us at the forefront of technological advances in flake processing and help us achieve operational excellence.” The new MAIER Knife Ring Flaker type MRZ 1500 PLUS
The new complete plant order continues SPF’s relationship with Dieffenbacher. In 2017, SPF replaced the old sifters in its first MDF line with a Z-Sifter from Dieffenbacher. The new complete CEBRO particleboard and Super PB plant will have a total annual production capacity of 478,500m³. Assembly in Indralaya has begun, with commissioning planned for the end of 2026.
Thebault Group progresses with new €100m LVL factory in France
Above: Thebault Group progresses new LVL factory
France-based Thebault Group has marked a significant step with its new €100m LVL factory with the production of the first panels on the new line.
The new factory is using
silver fir logs to produce veneers for the manufacture of LVL TEBOLVL products. The new 25,000m2
factory
sits on 15 hectares of land located in the Sud Auvergne
Business Park, in Lempdes-sur- Allagnon. The company intends to
make TEBOLVL commercially available in large panels and beams by the end of 2025. Eventually, the plant will produce 100,000m3
of LVL
entirely “Made in France, with a first phase at 70,000m3
. The
start-up of the site is scheduled for 2025 and will allow the creation of 85 direct jobs.
www.wbpionline.com | December 2025/January 2026 | WBPI
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