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DIEFFENBACHER At WMF

2024

DIEFFENBACHER is a world-leading manufacturer of complete

turnkey production lines for wood-based panels, including
particleboard, MDF, OSB, WFIB and LVL board. Companies
around the world rely on DIEFFENBACHER to plan and equip
their new manufacturing plants and to modernise their existing
plants to improve efficiency. The independent family-owned
company employs more than 1,850 associates and has 19
subsidiaries worldwide.
From September 11-14, DIEFFENBACHER will welcome
customers and prospects at WMF 2024 in Shanghai in hall

7.1, booth C35. Together with its Chinese subsidiary Shanghai
Wood-Based Panel Machinery (SWPM), DIEFFENBACHER will
showcase a wide range of ideas and solutions tailored to the quality of particleboard. In Fine OSB, the OSB core layer is
needs of the Chinese wood-based panels industry. covered top and bottom by layers of particleboard to give a
One example is ‘Conti-Plywood’. DIEFFENBACHER has better structure to the top surface. This makes possible further
developed a continuous plywood production process for increased processing according to individual needs, including laminating
production speed and capacity. Compared to production on a or coating on both sides with melamine or phenolic paper in

multi-opening press, ‘Conti-Plywood’ manufacturers can produce a short-cycle press. Given the lower cost of the raw material,
plywood with more consistent mechanical board properties Fine OSB represents an economical alternative to plywood.
and significantly lower thickness tolerances with less or even The two DIEFFENBACHER continuous press models will
no sanding. The technology enables board thicknesses from also be on display at WMF 2024. Under the motto ‘Two
9 up to 120 mm. Manufacturers can use all kinds of resins sites—one success story’, DIEFFENBACHER and SWPM will
(PMDI, PF or MUF) and produce single plywood (usually with celebrate more than 175 continuous presses that they have
no veneer overlap), ‘Conti-Plywood’, LVL and cross-banded delivered to their partners and customers over the last 25 years.
LVL on the same line. ContiPlus is the economical solution for producing high-
DIEFFENBACHER has a long tradition of working together quality panels including PB, Super PB, OSB, Fine OSB, MDF,

with customers to develop new panel types. Super PB has HDF, and THDF with low investment, while DIEFFENBACHER’s
the potential to be a major force in increasing plant efficiency CPS+ is the high-end solution that satisfies even the highest
and realising significant cost savings. By mixing standard expectations and has proven to be the gold standard for
core-layer flakes with slender, long core-layer flakes, it’s efficient continuous press systems.
possible to achieve a board density up to 30 kg/cubic metre The teams of SWPM and DIEFFENBACHER look forward
lower than usual. This leads to substantial savings of wood, to meeting customers and business partners at WMF, learning
electrical and thermal energy, and resin without compromising more about their current challenges and helping them move

board properties. their businesses forward with DIEFFENBACHER’s advanced
Fine OSB combines the robustness of OSB with the surface solutions for the production of wood-based panels in China.