On October 29 a Siempelkamp short-cycle press line produced its first board at Dexco’s Agudos location in Brazil. The time span between the start of assembly and this first board was only three months – a record.

The short-cycle press line is the fourth that Dexco (formerly Duratex) has built with Siempelkamp at the Agudos site. Agudos location. In addition, the Brazilian wood-based materials producer operates eight Siempelkamp plants with “ContiRoll” press technology. Duratex placed an order for the first “ContiRoll” 25 years ago. The contract for the current project was signed in November 2020; the first board was produced 73 days after the arrival of the last container.

The plant has a capacity of 240 cycles per hour. The project was realized by Siempelkamp teams from Brazil, Germany and the Czech Republic together with the Dexco team. The customer describes the joint collaboration” is how the customer describes the joint work from project planning, engineering engineering and installation to the actual commissioning. Due to Corona, not all. However, a live transmission ensured that the German Siempelkamp team was able to experience the event digitally and to congratulate its Brazilian partner.