Egger: Installation of new production line in Hexham on schedule giugno 26, 2007
Egger has issued an interim report on its 150 million Euro investment at the company’s chipboard plant in Hexham (Great Britain).
Construction work began in April 2006 to build on and improve the existing plant to bring it in line with the very latest production methods. The first board off the new ContiRoll chipboard press was achieved in mid April 2007 and has quickly gone onto 24 / 7 production. Full commissioning of the new line and supporting infrastructure is due by September.
With the installation of the new 48 meter long, 2.6 meter wide ContiRoll production line at its heart, the investment programme has also involved the application of the latest technology in many areas of the plant. The second phase now being entered into will incorporate the decommissioning of the existing old presses, demolition of old buildings, with the erection of new buildings and a restructuring of the existing site.
The Hexham plant specialises in three main product areas; furniture-grade chipboard Eurospan, melamine-faced chipboard Eurodekor, and Weyroc, a collection of tongued and grooved chipboard products used in the construction industry.
It will soon become one of the most advanced chipboard manufacturing and finishing plants of its kind.
Egger has issued an interim report on its 150 million Euro investment at the company’s chipboard plant in Hexham (Great Britain).
With the installation of the new 48 meter long, 2.6 meter wide ContiRoll production line at its heart, the investment programme has also involved the application of the latest technology in many areas of the plant. The second phase now being entered into will incorporate the decommissioning of the existing old presses, demolition of old buildings, with the erection of new buildings and a restructuring of the existing site. 