The Nile Wood MDF plant in Egypt has produced the first board at its plant in Sadat City, according to German plant supplier Dieffenbacher.
Dieffenbacher posted an announcement on Linkedin saying the plant produced its first board on June 17.
Nile Wood is a subsidiary of Egypt Kuwait Holding and the group’s first venture into the wood-based panels industry.
Dieffenbacher’s scope of supply for Nile Wood included a MAIER chipping line, a wood chip-cleaning line, the dryer, air grader and gluing system, the forming station and forming line, a CPS+ continuous press, the raw board handling and storage system, and a sanding and sawing line.
The plant is designed to achieve an annual production capacity of 200,000m3. The woodchip cleaning system is designed to eliminate plastics, glass, stones, metals and other impurities from the raw material infeed.
