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6 NEWS DYNAMIC CHANGES IN AUSTRALIA’S PB SECTOR—IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA? By Mihai Daian, Margules Groome AUSTRALIA’S wood-based panel sector has continued on its dynamic changes that began in 2016. First, Borg Panels announced its intention to invest in new particleboard (PB) capacity in Oberon, New South Wales; OneFortyOne Plantations unveiled plans to establish new PB capacity in the Green Triangle region. Fig. 1: Australian domestic PB market dynamics Other major announcements in 2017 include Thai manufacturer MetroPly’s acquisition of Alphine MDF from Sumitomo Corporation, as well as Borg Panels’ intention to acquire CHH’s PB plants in Mt. Gambier and Oberon. The PB market outlook remains positive. However, the newly-planned capacities and change in ownership for some plants will alter the Australian PB sector structure and market dynamics. With an average demand growth of 1.9 per cent for the next 2 – 3 years, incremental production capacity planned to come online in 2018 – 2019, assuming both investments proceed, will create a 20 – 30 per cent production surplus (see Fig. 1). Consequently, local producers will have to find new export markets. This will achieve the right balance between product specifications versus production cost in order to be regionally competitive. The above scenario does not take potential capacity consolidation or rationalisation into account. The latter may occur if Borg Panels’ proposed acquisition of CHH’s Mt. Gambier and Oberon facilities materialises. How the current players will respond to change, and how new market entrants will compete against its more established regional counterparts remains to be seen. We may see a “survival-of-the-fittest” situation or perhaps a continuation of the status quo. ℗ Product Highlight ELECTRONIC WOOD SYSTEMS ROLLS OUT NEW INTEGRATED X-RAY SYSTEMS FOR PANEL PRODUCTION ELECTRONIC WOOD SYSTEMS EWS from Germany offers a complete range of quality inspection systems featuring high precision, system integration and low maintenance. The measuring tasks in panel production are versatile and challenging, and reliable inline measuring and control Mass measurement and foreign body detection located after forming and before March the / hot April press. 2018 • Issue 2 • PANELS & FURNITURE ASIA systems are a key factor for Industry 4.0 in panel production. Process control devices must take into account environmental, material and process conditions. EWS has developed individual X-ray scanners suited to particular tasks in panel production. MultiEnergy Technology – a core feature of the latest EWS X-ray devices – enables variable measuring parameters. Electronic Wood Systems’ new EcoScan NEO for mat inspection in the forming line was developed in cooperation with Siempelkamp and offers one system with independent X-ray devices for individual tasks. These comprise: - High-precision area weight measurement by self-adjusting highspeed flying measuring heads and - Intelligent foreign body detection across the board by self-learning algorithm. The plant of the future will be fullyautomated, with minimal operator interaction. Hence EWS’ X-ray measuring systems are self-adjusting, based on recipe information, to provide consistently high measuring precision over a wide production range. The new systems have been proven already. They have been installed in OSB and particleboard lines in Germany and the USA. Because the new system attracts attention in the market, Siempelkamp recently ordered additional systems for integration into their new production lines to keep them up-to-date. ℗
NEWS 7 RUSHIL DECOR ORDERS COMPLETE MDF PLANT FROM SIEMPELKAMP INDIAN wood-based materials manufacturer Rushil Décor has commissioned Siempelkamp to build an MDF plant in Atchutapuram, Andhra Pradesh province, India. The order includes the wood and fibre preparation system, the resin blending and application system, the fibre dryer and sifter, the forming line, an 8ft x 28.8m ContiRoll press, the cooling and stacking line, the intermediate storage, the sanding line, and the cut-tosize line. The equipment will be partially supplied by Siempelkamp’s production locations in Qingdao and Wuxi. The press line will be equipped with the mat preheater ContiBooster. By preheating the mat before it enters the press it can be heated quicker inside the ContiRoll press resulting in productivity of up to 20 per cent. The new plant will expand Rushil Décor’s production capacities beyond its current 3.5 million cbm. It will produce MDF from eucalyptus grown in plantations and from over mature mango trees. Rushil Decor Limited, founded in Gujarat in 1993, is one of the largest Indian manufacturers of wood-based panels. Under the brand names VIR Laminates, VIR MDF and Signor Decorative Laminates, Rushil Décor offers high quality products primarily to the Indian market. It also exports to 36 countries. Delivery is scheduled for the last quarter of 2018 and start-up, in the fourth quarter of 2019. ℗ Representatives from Siempelkamp and Rushil Décor PANELS & FURNITURE ASIA • Issue 2 • March / April 2018
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