Alex Röwe (Sales Manager Siempelkamp), Darren Johnson (Project Manager, Australian Panels) John Borg (Managing Director/Owner Australian Panels/Borg Group), Marc Mueller (Head of Sales, Siempelkamp)/Siempelkam
Australian Panels will install the largest particleboard production line in Australia in Mount Gambier. The new line with an annual capacity of more than 650 thousand m3 will be put into production in 2025, according to the line supplier Siempelkamp. Source: Timberbiz
With an annual capacity of more than 650,000 m3, the new particleboard production line made by Siempelkamp will become the largest of its kind in Australia.
The forming and press line will include the 8′ x 55.5m ContiRoll with NEO infeed.
The scope of supply also includes the cooling and stacking line. Pallmann, a specialist in size-reduction technology, will be supplying new knife-ring flakers, double stream mills, and the established cleaning and grinding robots for knife rings.
And Büttner, one of Siempelkamp’s subsidiaries, will also be contributing its expertise as it will be supplying a 6.5 x 32R sized drum dryer and flashtube.
In 2018, Borg Manufacturing obtained the Mount Gambier particleboard facility from Cater Holt Harvey in an acquisition which allowed the company to produce particleboard for the first time – with a Melamine press line in the years after the acquisition.
In addition to Mount Gambier, Australian Panels manufactures Thermolamined cabinet doors, operates a warehouse and board facility, has an MDF and particleboard facility across three NSW sites and has a high-pressure laminate production facility in Malaysia.
