Bulletin 1/2011 - Siempelkamp

The blessing of the foundation stone at the OSB plant Kalevala
Siempelkamp presses and press lines for the Russian Federation:
Traditional timber construction
SieMpelkaMp | MACHInERy AnD PLAntS
The product is only as good
as the equipment
Siempelkamp’s ties to the Eastern European countries withstood
two world wars. Until 1939 Russia was one of
Siempelkamp’s most important customers for plywood presses
and production lines.
Shortly after World War II, Siempelkamp’s competence became
needed again in the East. During USSR times special presses for
the aerospace industry were in great demand. the aerospace
company Khrunichev in Moscow produced on Siempelkamp
The business relationships between Siempelkamp and our Russian customers have a
historic status: Siempelkamp already supplied press lines for the plywood industry to tsarist
Russia and later to the former Soviet Union. Thanks to the increasing relevance of the
local wood-based products industry and the awareness that a Siempelkamp plant stands
for quality, the Russian Federation has become one of the most significant customer
markets for the Krefeld company.
By Hans-Joachim Galinski
presses components for the proton space rockets and structural
parts for the Russian space station. Over the years, Siempelkamp
also supplied numerous presses for the production of parts used
in MiG fighters and tupolev aircrafts.
today Russia, the Republic of Belarus, and the Ukraine advance
the business in Eastern Europe for the Krefeld company. the
constantly increasing gross domestic product, which achieved a
record high in 2007 with an 8.1 percent increase, has played