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Pallmann puts Asia's first-ever OSB plant into action at China Baoyuan

9/20/2011

Strong demand for innovative wood shredding solution from emerging markets

Shanghai, China (19th Sep 2011) - Pallmann, a family firm with over 100 years expertise in size-reduction, has been consistently strengthening its international presence in the recent past. Orders have been flooding into its Wood Processing Division, especially from Russia and Asia. Pallmann has taken a giant step ahead of the competition with a successful delivery to Baoyuan in Hubei China. The first-ever OSB plant in Asia will put into production within this year. Caption: PALLMANN Knife Ring Flaker PZKR

Another OSB chipping line will be established in Turkey, the first of its type in the country. Pallmann will also deliver the core of a new plant based on two chippers for production of OSB in Radauti, Romania. Customers from emerging markets around the world are highly demanding and relying on innovative machining technology brought by Pallmann.

Aside from orders for a variety of individual machines, it is complete projects that are currently driving the steep rise in new orders. Pallmann is now working on several attractive projects and registering a steep growth in sales. The main focus is on complex plants for the production of wood fiber or chips that are used in particle board, medium-density fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB) and other wood-based products.

For example, the Arauco group from Chile has ordered two complete timber yard plants with rotary bark strippers and chippers, and including the complete machining technology and grinding robot for its sites in Yangay and Teno. Also being delivered this year will be machining technology and timber yard technology for chipboard production by another customer, Yildiz Entegre in Manisa. At its site in Mersin, Yildiz Entegre is taking delivery of a 66" refiner, as well as timber yard equipment that includes a drum-type bark stripper and drum chipper. In Mendoza, Argentina, a new particleboard plant operated by Cuyoplacas relies on Pallmann for rotary bark strippers and drum chippers, as well as its entire machining technology.

Another interesting major project is a new MDF plant in Apscheronsk, Russia. This incorporates a large refiner, wood chip washing system and complete timber yard. Delivery of the system is already underway. In the middle of this year, Pallmann also began shipping components of a new MDF line being installed by its Thai customer Rayong.

The Pallmann Group is growing quantitatively and qualitatively in equal measure - not only in the timber industry, but also in its plastics, recycling and processing technology divisions. Regular heavy investments in technology as well as in its international distribution network have led to significant growth in incoming orders and an increase in the average order size. The complexity of the plant and machinery continues to increase. Moreover, the share of international orders is rising sharply, right through to the first-time introduction of new technologies in China and other Asian countries.

The Pallmann Group

Founded in 1903 as an engineering works, Pallmann is a medium-sized family-owned enterprise that has a history covering seven generations of millers and millwrights. Now a global company, the Pallmann Group has specialized in size reduction and processing technology in various sectors. It numbers more than 1000 machine types in what is the world's largest range of size reduction equipment for all materials ranging from soft to medium-hard, brittle to tough, as well as fibrous products.

Worldwide, the group employs around 700 experienced and highly qualified staff. Its own engineering works, subsidiaries, contract grinding and sales offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia and China ensure the best service, expert advice and support in planning, installation, commissioning of plant and equipment, and supply of spare parts.

To find out more about The Pallmann Group please visit www.pallmann.eu.

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