„Quality made in Romania“ = „Quality made by EGGER“
The EGGER plant in the Romanian province of Suceava has a capacity of 600,000 m3 per year. Roughly 80% of this is further refined and reaches the market in the form of melamine coated chipboards (MFC boards). On the one hand EGGER ensures the sustainability and environmental friendliness of the production processes through most up-to-date production lines and on the other hand these in turn guarantee the best possible quality of the products: „It shouldn't be of any importance whether an EGGER plant manufactures in France, Tyrol (Austria) or in northern Romania“, explained Reinhard Hätti, EGGER National Management Marketing and Sales for Central and Eastern Europe. „EGGER quality remains EGGER quality, and therefore the stringent EGGER quality criteria also apply for the production in Romania.“
Production start already in January 2008
The high degree of commitment and the team spirit that was put into the project by EGGER also manifest in the speed at which the location was brought to production start: Only a little over a year after the first ground-breaking in October 2006, the coating of boards has already started in December 2007. The production of chipboard as well as two short cycle coating plants are running since January.
An impregnation plant with a capacity of 45 Mill. m² of decor paper has gone into operation at the end of August. By this means, Radauti will become independent from the supply of impregnated materials from other EGGER plants. This creates the requirements for in future being able to further refine even more raw chipboards through coating with melamine resin. For this purpose, in the coming November a tandem press will additionally be taken into operation, with which the coating capacities of the plant will increase from 14 Mill. m² to 28 Mill m².
The location is currently in its first expansion stage, with plants for the manufacture of raw and coated chipboards. The 76 hectares large site however provides potential for further expansion.
