Bulletin 1/2011 - Siempelkamp
Bulletin 1/2011 - Siempelkamp
Bulletin 1/2011 - Siempelkamp
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SieMpelkaMp | MACHInERy AnD PLAntS 30 31<br />
What are the advantages of<br />
the new plant?<br />
Due to its size, the new <strong>Siempelkamp</strong><br />
plant utilizes important economies of scale.<br />
It produces cheaper which means a considerable<br />
competitive advantage at increasing<br />
costs for wood and glue. Since the<br />
demand for wood-based materials will<br />
continue to grow, we are boosting our<br />
chances to maintain and expand respectively<br />
market shares. Currently, several<br />
plants are built and planned respectively.<br />
Metro wants to and will keep up. We comprehend<br />
our growth as organic; our last<br />
purchased plant has been operating for<br />
eight years. Furthermore, it is an advantage<br />
that Metro, as a privately-owned<br />
company, is run according to conservative<br />
guidelines.<br />
How does the resource issue present<br />
itself in terms of wood, the raw materia?<br />
Indeed, wood has become a popular raw<br />
material. Currently, there are two trends<br />
that are evident. First, thailand’s supply of<br />
raw wood depends on the rubber tree.<br />
Presently, the price for natural rubber<br />
extracted from these trees has tripled over<br />
the last two years. the result: the plantations<br />
use even old trees in production so<br />
that wood from the rubber trees is becoming<br />
more scarce. Second, ever bigger<br />
areas are planted with plants for the production<br />
of ethanol for gasoline production<br />
and are thus taken away from tree farming.<br />
there is some consolation, however: the<br />
thai government intends to enlarge the<br />
rubber tree plantations by 25 percent. By<br />
Knife-ring flaker<br />
doing so we can expect larger amounts of<br />
wood for our industry again in later years.<br />
How does Metro responds to this<br />
situation?<br />
In the future, we will invest in contract<br />
farming for supplying wood in order to<br />
ensure our base of raw material. to do so,<br />
long-term contracts with farmers that do<br />
not want to follow each new trend, for<br />
exam ple, bio-fuel production, have to be<br />
closed.<br />
... .and then a turn-key plant from<br />
<strong>Siempelkamp</strong>?<br />
We are happy that <strong>Siempelkamp</strong> is<br />
offering such a plant for the first time!<br />
After we had bought our first plant from<br />
Left: Gravimetric separator<br />
Right: Sifter
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