JAPAN - Japan Novopan Industrial Co., Ltd will receive all the main equipment for its new particleboard line from Metso Panelboard

Metso's delivery to Japan Novopan, the largest particleboard manufacturer in Japan with operations on two sites, includes screens, gluing system with flake metering and resin blending system, forming stations, press outfeed line and process automation system. In addition, Metso will supply the engineering services together with supervision of installation and start-up.

After this expansion project, the company's combined annual production capacity of particleboard will be in excess of 350,000 cubic meters.

While the value of the order has not been disclosed, the value of such a delivery is usually just under US$13 million.

The construction of the new particleboard line will begin in spring/summer 2007 in Sakai, Osaka. With start-up scheduled for early 2008, the annual production capacity will be about 250,000 cubic meters.