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Dieffenbacher supplies woodfiber insulation board plant to Schneider |
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The
wood processing plant of Holzwerk Gebr. Schneider GmbH based in
Eberhardzell, Germany, will be starting construction of a new plant at
the company's headquarters in mid-February 2010. The system has been
designed to allow both flexible and pressure-resistant wood fiber
panels to be produced without any modification or conversion work.
The plant is configured to operate with a total annual output of both products of about 250,000 m³.
According
to the company, the investment will amount to about €30 m, from which
approximately €5 m will be spend for the building and other civil cost.
Installation of the systems is due to start in May, and the plant is
expected to start production in December 2010. Production is to be
ramped up in line with demand, with 3-shift working being used.
Back in December 2009, Schneider and Dieffenbacher GmbH &CO KG signed a supply contract for the main plant components .
The
system will be capable of producing single-layer panels with a
thickness range of 20 – 240 mm and densities between 35 and 200 kg/m³.
This will be Dieffenbacher’s second insulation board plant following
the commissioning of Homatherm GmbH in Berga at the start of April
2009.
Given an optimum production sequence, the fiber
throughput will be about 7000 kg/h (od). A large amount of the raw
material is going to be provided by the wood chips from the company's
own saw mill and finishing plant.
Furthermore, some roundwood will be used.
Heat
and energy for the insulation board plant amounting to about 12.5 MW
thermal capacity will come from the nearby Bio-Power SKW GmbH,
operating on its own premises since 2004.
Schneider is initially
intending to market a large proportion of the insulation board
production directly through its existing sales network. However, the
company is also planning to expand its sales activities.
A
small share of the production will be value added inhouse on a
production line for sandwich elements being installed in parallel to
the insulation board plant. This line will glue the wood fiber
insulation boards to panel elements at the factory, and these will then
be marketed as semifinished products.
Until now, Schneider has
predominantly produced structural wood members for modern house
building. Its product range includes not only classic structural wood
but also KVH (construction solid wood), laminated beams and wooden
planking, and even glued ceiling elements. In spite of difficult
economic conditions, it was possible to increase sales in 2009 to about
€50 m. A total of 160,000 m³ of wood products were produced and sold.
The addition of the insulation board production is expected to boost
the annual turnover by about €30 m to about €85 m by 2012. The
workforce is set to increase from the current 200 to about 250.
Schneider
is also investing in expanding its solid wood activities. Additional
continuous dryers are being installed and the KVH production is
currently being expanded with a second production line as well as
another sorting line. The investment volume for this is about €3 m.
www.schneider-holz.com
www.dieffenbacher.de
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