Turkish wood-based panel producer Küpeliler Endustri AS placed orders for new OSB and particleboard plants with Siempelkamp. The continuous OSB plant will be the first such factory to be assembled in Turkey.
Küpeliler Endustri AS is established in several business areas, among others in the cement, packaging, and wood-based panel industries. The latter receives new impetus from a premiere plant which the Turkish company, founded in 1981, recently ordered from Siempelkamp.
The scope of supply includes a ContiRoll in the format 4' x 33.8 m, extendable to 45.4 m, which replaces an existing plant at the Kutahya location. The new Siempelkamp plant will support Küpeliler Endustri AS in increasing its board quality and implementing higher plant availability. With the brand "Westboard" Küpeliler demonstrates its many years of experience with OSB material, which is mainly used in the construction industry, e.g. for cladding. The company thus provides attractive alternatives to expensive plywood and serves the rapidly growing demand from the construction and packaging industries. The quality of the OSB panels is enhanced by the special surface finish, the "OSB-ContiFinish".
The improved thickness tolerances and optimized mechanical properties achieved with the continuous press technology also have a positive effect compared with conventional cycle press system boards. The second new order was placed by Küpeliler Endustri with its German partner for its particleboard division. It comprises a line with a ContiRoll in the format 7' x 23.8 m, extendable to 28,8 m. This new investment replaces a single-level line at the Eskişehir site, which has been in production for 40 years.
The particleboard division was established and continuously expanded back in the 1980s under the company name Suntasan, part of the Küpeliler Group since 2006. In Eskişehir, the company focuses not only on production but also on the tempering of the boards.
"We are pleased to be able to support Küpeliler's innovative strength with two plant concepts at the same time, especially since we can place a first in the Turkish market with the OSB plant," says Ulrich Kaiser, Head of Sales Siempelkamp. The two orders represent currently 32 ContiRoll projects that Siempelkamp has realized with Turkish customers in 27 years.
