The Korean wood-based panel producer Dongwha is “very satisfied” with its new Siempelkamp plant after a record-breaking ramp-up curve. Only six weeks after the first board was produced, the plant was accepted by the customer – and it is already producing with more than 20 percent above the output guaranteed in the contract. The plant is the first in Vietnam to process acacia, a challenging raw material in the production process.
Dongwha operates a total of three wood-based panel plants made by Siempelkamp in Vietnam, all designed for the production of Mdf. While two of them were built in the south of Vietnam in the greater Saigon area together with the Vietnam Rubber Group (Vrg), the new plant in Hanoi is the first direct investment of the Korean company in Vietnam. It is the first plant in Vietnam ever to be targeted at the special raw material resources in the north of Vietnam. In the greater Hanoi area, the acacia tree species is widespread.
