The South African wood-based panel producer PG Bison signed the contract for the purchase of its fourth Siempelkamp plant within 15 years. The planned annual production capacity of the new MDF plant is more than 275,000 m3 per year. Thus, the annual production output of these four plants will clearly exceed the mark of 1 million m3.
The order includes a press line with ContiRoll in the 6′ x 38.7 m format for the production of MDF, LMDF, and HDF in a thickness range from 3.0 to 35 mm. Pallmann, the size reduction specialist within the Siempelkamp Group, will contribute a chipping line including a drum chipper and a refiner, while Siempelkamp subsidiary Büttner will supply a dryer and an energy plant.
The additional new plant in Piet Retief will source its raw materials from local sustainable plantations in the surrounding areas. In the Eastern Cape PG Bison is operating its own FSC certified plantations, the timber is used to primarily supply its own board production plant in Ugie.
Immediately after signing the contract, Sicoplan, Siempelkamp’s planning team from Belgium, started the engineering processes with a 3D scan at the Piet Retief location.
Siempelkamp subsidiaries Büttner and CMC are also already active on site. CMC Texpan, Siempelkamp frontend specialist from Italy, supplied new glue blenders and dosing bins. Commissioning of this equipment is planned for the 1Q 2022.
PG Bison is one of Africa’s largest manufacturers of particleboard, medium density fibreboard and decorative wood-based panel products.
Siempelkamp is a system supplier of press lines and complete plants for the wood-based panel industry, metal forming, and the composites and rubber industries.
