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Article: Berneck expands. (News).
- Article from:
- Wood Based Panels International
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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Brazilian particleboard producer Berneck e Cia is expanding the capacity of its plant in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, with the installation of a new 1,650m3/day Siempelkamp line.
The 42.5m ContiRoll press line, with a nominal capacity of 530,000m3/year, is due to be operating by June this year. It will replace the company's old secondhand eight-daylight Siempelkamp press line, installed in 1994, according to Berneck.
Initially, the new 2.20m x 1.85m unit will run at up to 1,200[m.sup.3]/day because of a lack of sufficient drying capacity. But later this year, the company said, its particleboard subsidiary Berneck Aglomerados SA plans to ...