HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Metso Panelboard will deliver all the main equipment for the new particleboard line of Japan Novopan Industrial Co., Ltd. in Japan. The new line is scheduled for start-up in early 2008. The value of the order is not disclosed. The order has been booked in the order book for the fourth quarter of 2006.
Metso's delivery includes screens, gluing system with flake metering and resin blending system, forming stations, press outfeed line and process automation system. Metso will also supply the engineering services together with supervision of installation and start-up. The value of this type of delivery is generally under EUR 10 million.
The construction of the new particleboard line will begin in spring/summer 2007 in Sakai, Osaka. The annual production capacity will be about 250,000 cubic meters.
Japan Novopan is the largest particleboard manufacturer in Japan with operations on two sites. After this expansion project, the company's combined annual production capacity of particleboard will be in excess of 350,000 cubic meters.
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