Chiping County Senqiang to Install Valmet Defibrator at China Plant

Valmet, Finland, will deliver an EVO-56 Defibrator system to Chiping County Senqiang MDF in China. This is a new fiberboard line and the Defibrator system will produce 30 metric tons per hour of bd (bone dry) unresinated fiber. Startup is scheduled for June 2018.

The order was included in Valmet's first quarter 2017 orders received. The value of the order will not be disclosed. An order with this scope of supply is usually valued in the range of EUR 1.5-5 million.

 

 

"There is a huge demand of MDF (medium density fiberboard), and the wood-based panel industry is in an upward trend. Currently, the environmental protection requirements become more and more strict. Considering the industrial restructuring and product upgrading, we have decided to invest in the continuous line to produce 300,000 m3 MDF on an annual basis. From this investment, we hope to improve our product quality, reduce consumption and operation cost, to become more environmentally friendly with less emission, to better adapt to the tough market competition, and to drive the company to a higher level of development," said Xu Tao, GM of Sensen Group.

"We carried out a very careful market investigation and visited many other MDF plants.  We chose to buy from Valmet, because we believe Valmet's equipment, technology and service will meet our requirements well," Tao continued.

"The EVO-56 system is specially designed for production levels up to 32 metric tons per hour, which is perfect in this case. Chiping County Senqiang has one existing line and this is their first EVO system from Valmet. The fiberboard market is growing in China, and Chiping County Senqiang has its own flooring manufacturing and their goal is to be number one in fiberboard quality," said Leif Sundberg, sales manager, Pulp and Energy Business Line, Valmet.

The Defibrator system is an essential part in a fiberboard line. Valmet's defibrators are known for their reliability and provide high-quality, homogenous fiber material. The material from Valmet's system has a minimum of shives and low fines content, which is a prerequisite for successful fiberboard production.

The Chiping Senqiang MDF belongs to Sensen group, which was founded in 2001. The company owns five Multi opening MDF lines and the annual production is 400,000 m3. Sensen group's business covers production of formaldehyde, paper printing, lamination, MDF, and flooring. Its products are sold in Chinese domestic markets in Beijing, Shanghai, Liaoning, Jiangsu, and Anhui.