Opening direction for forestry development...

(Baonghean) - Large investment, modern technology and equipment, a systematic strategy for building raw material areas, and a close relationship between the factory and businesses and forest-growing households on the basis of ensuring harmony of interests - That is the way of the Nghe An MDF Wood and Industrial Fiberboard Factory to open a sustainable direction for the forest-growing profession in the Western region of the province.

At this time, coming to Nghia Dan Industrial Park, we can see a large-scale, modern wood processing factory located in the middle of lush green forests. 2 years since the start of construction, with the investment consultancy of Bac A Joint Stock Commercial Bank, the wood processing and MDF fiberboard factory of May Forestry Joint Stock Company was built on an area of ​​40 hectares including factory area, auxiliary systems, warehouses, offices, roads and green trees.

Raw material forests in the Western region serve the Factory

Provincial delegation inspects the construction progress of MDF Factory.

The Nghe An MDF Wood Factory Project is part of the TH Group's "sustainable forest development strategy in Nghe An" with a total investment of 300 million USD, divided into two phases: Phase 1 with a total investment of more than 100 million USD includes 2 production lines, a wood processing line with a capacity of 12,000 m3/year; an MDF fiberboard processing line with a capacity of 130,000 m3/year. Phase 2 will increase the total capacity of the wood processing factory to 40,000 m3/year and the MDF wood factory to 400,000 m3/year with a total investment of 200 million USD, expected to be operational in 2018. The project's performance report shows that when the factory comes into operation, in addition to creating business efficiency, paying the budget, and protecting the environment, it will also bring social benefits, contributing to the transformation of crop structure, encouraging the development of the forest economy in the southern region. Tay Nghe An, creating jobs for 400 workers working directly at the factory and thousands of jobs for families growing raw material forests.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Vinh, General Director of May Forestry Joint Stock Company, said: Thanks to the investor's selection of the world's best technology and equipment suppliers, the factory's products will meet international quality standards and be competitive in demanding markets such as the US, Japan, and the EU. These include continuous shaping and compression equipment from the world's leading plywood equipment supplier Dieffenbacher (Germany); wood fiberboard production technology equipment from Metso (Sweden); chip chipping, cleaning, and chip storage technology from Hombak/CMC (Germany); product sanding technology from Steinemann (Germany); and product cutting technology to final size from Anthon (Germany). With the advantage of using Europe's leading modern technology, the wood processing stages are completely automated from the input of raw materials to the finished product stage. By applying high technology, it is possible to utilize all parts of the trunk, branches and roots to process wood, with the remaining parts such as sawdust being utilized as fuel to create energy, reducing costs for businesses and not polluting the environment.

To ensure the raw material area when the factory comes into operation, the People's Committee of Nghe An province has approved the raw material area planning for the project with an area of ​​nearly 50,000 hectares located in 6 districts of Western Nghe An. Accordingly, it is expected that the factory will rent more than 11,589 hectares to plant its own forest, ensuring the proactive supply of raw materials for the wood processing factory. The joint venture and association land area is 33,422 hectares belonging to the land of forestry farms, protective forest management boards, and Youth Volunteer Teams 3 and 6, along with forest-growing farmers. The planned raw material area is relatively concentrated, contiguous, and the distance from the factory is 100km with convenient traffic.

MDF installation of systems in the factory

Currently, May Forestry Joint Stock Company has participated in establishing 2 raw material development joint stock companies to manage and organize production, including Dong Bac Raw Material Development Joint Stock Company and Phu Quy Raw Material Development Joint Stock Company. At the same time, it organizes joint ventures and associations with units and individual households that are planting forests for the project, ensuring scientific and effective exploitation of the forest planting area, improving crop productivity to bring higher revenue value per unit area, contributing to increasing the income of forest growers. To implement this task, the company is preparing a plan and building a joint venture mechanism. In 2015, with the support of local authorities, the company will work and sign contracts with units and households in the raw material area. Build a network to purchase and transport raw wood, ensure effective operations, reduce intermediaries, and reduce costs, in order to ensure the supply of raw materials for the factory right from the time it goes into operation. At the same time, build a seedling and tissue culture center to provide high-yield seedlings at reasonable costs for forest planting units in the area planned for the project.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Vinh, General Director of May Forestry Joint Stock Company, suggested: “In order to have enough raw material area for the project to operate at full design capacity and effectively, the company hopes that Nghe An province, departments, branches, and local authorities, together with investors, will closely and synchronously coordinate in managing the planned raw material area. Thus, the company will be confident and committed to successfully implementing a sustainable raw material area in accordance with the approved project objectives.”

Huu Nghia