Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2021

NEWS
ANDRITZ TO SUPPLY SECOND
MDF PRODUCTION LINE TO
STARWOOD, TURKEY
International technology Group
ANDRITZ has received an order
from Starwood Orman Urunleri
Sanayi A.S. to supply a fibre
production line to its mediumdensity
fibreboard (MDF) plant
in İnegöl, Turkey. This will be
the second fibre production
line supplied by ANDRITZ to this
customer. Start-up is scheduled
for the end of 2021.
The scope of supply includes
a complete fibre production
line including disc chipper,
chip washing system, and a
pressurised refining system.
The latter contains a 60’’ refiner
and ensures superior fibre
production with lowest possible
energy consumption. As raw
materials, the highly efficient
chip washing and pressurised
refining system will have a
capacity of 32 tons per hour
and will process 20% to 100%
pine and 80% to 0% beech
with 80% moisture content. In
addition, ANDRITZ will deliver
another chip washing system
for an existing MDF production
line.
“We’ve already worked with
ANDRITZ at our plant in Ingeöl
in 2014, and the cooperation
was outstanding, which was
the main reason why we opted
again for ANDRITZ. They listened
intently to us to find out what
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Photo: ANDRITZ
(L to R) Mehmet Yildiz, President, Starwood; Hüseyin Yildiz, Vice President,
Starwood; Michael Rupp, Vice President Panelboard, ANDRITZ; and Cihan Ayla,
Managing Director, Hanex Ltd
we wanted, and we listened to
them, learning about the latest
technological innovations they
had been working on. The great
thing about this industry is that we
can learn from each other as the
technology advances constantly,
and ANDRITZ has always been a
forerunner, providing the most
modern technological solutions,”
added Hüseyin Yildiz, Vice
President at Starwood.
Starwood is one of the largest
industrial companies in Turkey
and produces around 2,000 cubic
metres of MDF and 3,000 cubic
metres of chipboard per day.
Among other business segments,
the company is specialised in the
production of thin MDF from 1.5
mm to 8 mm. Starwood plays a
major role as a furniture supplier in
Turkey as well as in other countries
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