Dongwha’s new Hanoi plant’s speedy start-up
23 September 2021Wood-based panels equipment supplier Siempelkamp says its customer Dongwha’s new plant in Hanoi, Vietnam is already producing 20% above the output guaranteed in the contract.
Only six weeks after the first board was produced, Siempelkamp says the plant was accepted by the customer.
The plant is the first in Vietnam to process acacia, a challenging raw material in the production process. Dongwha operates a total of three wood-based panel plants made by Siempelkamp in Vietnam, all designed for the production of MDF.
While two of them were built in the south of Vietnam in the greater Saigon area together with the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), the new plant in Hanoi is the first direct investment of the Korean company in Vietnam.
Siempelkamp says its NEO press inlet has special infeed geometry which opens up numerous advantages when processing acacia wood, including high pressing speeds.
The continuous ContiRoll press is in the 8' x 47.1m format.
