One sanding head per day installed by Steinemann in 2008

In 2008, Steinemann Technology Ag. (www.steinemann-ag.ch) has installed a total of 243 sanding heads in 38 lines, allocated to 18 different countries. Compared to the previous year, this implies an increase of almost 65 percent.
More than 70 percent of these 243 sanding heads were installed in Eastern Europe (included Russia and Turkey) and South America. The remaining 30 percent were for facilities in Asia and China. Regarding the machine type, more than 70 percent were sanding heads for plants that produce particle board or mdf-panels wider than 1900 mm (“Satos” machine of Steinemann). About 22 percent were for panels up to 1600 mm (“Nova-H“ series of Steinemann).