Andritz to supply fibreboard recycling line to Sonae Arauco in Portugal

Andritz has received an order to supply a dry fibreboard recycling line to Sonae Arauco’s mill in Mangualde, Portugal. The line will recycle end-of-life fibreboards back into valuable fibres as new raw material for fibreboard production. Andritz says it will be the first industrial-scale fibreboard recycling line in the global wood-based panels industry. “Recycling fibreboards is an important step towards a circular economy,” said Paulo Pinto De Sousa, director at Sonae Arauco. “It reduces the consumption of natural resources and energy.” The dry fibreboard recycling line is based on continuous steam ...