SmartPly staff handling the new equipment components.
On Wednesday last, shipments of equipment components from the German supplier Siempelkamp destined for Coillte SmartPly arrived at the Port of Waterford at Belview.
The Belview facility is currently undergoing a €59 million investment in their panel product manufacturing line that will increase the production capability of SmartPly and will secure the plant as one of the south east’s biggest exporters.
Major components for the upgraded line will be delivered over the coming weeks and assembled in situ in the new recently constructed building.
According to Neil Foot, Managing Director of Coillte Panel Products: “This is a very important time for Coillte as we take delivery of state of the art wood panel manufacturing equipment that will further enable SmartPly to be a leading supplier of sustainable, innovative OSB products in our markets. The SmartPly upgrade is progressing as planned and we are on course for completion in spring 2016.”
Coillte’s SmartPly plant uses trees, harvested mainly in the southern part of the country, to manufacture innovative and sustainable wood products used by construction companies in flooring, building frames, roofing, etc
