Swedish wood panel producer Swedspan has commissioned Siempelkamp to supply a complete dryer system including an integrated energy plant that will help increase its annual output of particleboard to 600,000m3.
Swedspan, owned by multinational furniture retailer IKEA, has been producing particleboard for the furniture and building industries in the Swedish town of Hultsfred since 1972.
The existing production line including a press that was extended by Siempelkamp in 2009 and is now to be equipped with a Büttner particle dryer and an SES energy system.
The scope of supply for this order includes the complete engineering, the core components including the control system, the complete steel construction as well as thermal insulation, the finished installed brick lining, the electrical wiring, the transport and assembly.
