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Monday, 10 September 2001 Start of Production in Nettgau  backThe first particle boards rolled off the line on schedule at new wood products centre at Glunz AG On August 15, 2001, the commissioning of the new plant equipment in Nettgau began, and the first particle board rolled off the line to the applause of all present. Everything ran according to the plan and the machines were put into service on schedule. Further technical adjustments will be carried out in the next few weeks and the company has every confidence that the official start of production will proceed on schedule in approximately one month. With the production of melamine faced wood product boards, Glunz AG will be in a position to substantially increase its market share of more highly processed products. The start of OSB production is scheduled for October of this year. The two Conti-Roll machines will produce up to 2250 m³ of particleboard and 1500 m³ of OSB daily. Three short cycle presses will handle the highly efficient production of melamine faced particle boards - meeting the latest technical demands of the furniture industry and hand-crafters. The state-of-the-art technology used in the crane facilities as well as in stocking and further processing of boards is linked to industry standard information technology. The building and manufacturing industries hold great sales potential for these developments. The opening of the new production facilities in Nettgau will contribute to make Sonae Indústria the biggest wood product manufacturer in the world, with a production capacity of more than 10 million cubic meters of wood products per year. back |