Panel and timber products manufacturer PG Bison has officially opened its new chipboard factory near Ugle in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
The R1.3bn facility covers over half of PG Bison’s 64 acre site and will produce 1,000m³ of chipboard a day from 1,300 tonnes of timber sourced from North Eastern Cape Forests’ nearby plantations.
The facility, which pressed its first board on December 13, 2007 and has been increasing production ever since, also features a 35,000m² melamine-faced board press to produce value-added boards.
“When the Ugie board plant reaches full production, we will almost double our capacity, creating exciting new opportunities to establish PG Bison as the pre-eminent particleboard producer in South Africa,” said PG Bison chief executive officer Chris van Niekerk.
