At the Egger site in Lexington, North Carolina, USA, a greenfield particleboard plant made by Siempelkamp was successfully accepted.
Already the commissioning of the particleboard plant could be advanced via remote service during a corona pandemic related interruption. Thus, the first board was produced with only a slight delay within the scheduled time frame. The next important step, the acceptance, also followed within a short time only eleven weeks after the start of production. Supported by a small Siempelkamp team on site, a fast ramp-up curve was achieved; plant performance and availability are as agreed.
The new particleboard line contains a ContiRoll in the 10' x 43.7 m format, which is the 15th ContiRoll in operation within the Egger group. The scope of supply also includes two dryers made by the Siempelkamp subsidiary Büttner, as well as the size reduction technology made by the Siempelkamp subsidiary Pallmann.
