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German woodworking machinery with patented technology is now available to process old oil palm trunks (OPT) to valuable wood products
The current 4th generation owner has innovated and patented machinery and technology to convert oil palm trunks (OPT) to valuable wood products for manufacturing furniture, doors, windows, kitchen cabinets, and other interior home wood products.Global demand for furniture is currently valued at USD 527 billion and is expected to grow annually by 6.3%.
The wood products produced from OPT are superior to particle boards derived from rubber wood. They are solid, light-weight, and designed to attain excellent product features including bending strength, screw holding capacity, and fire resistance.
The products are calculated and targeted to be cost-competitive compared to current wood products of comparable quality in the market.
Demand for wood products derived from OPT is assured in affluent regions such as China, NE Asia, and the Middle East where there is no forestry industry and hence all wood products are imported. Demand in Europe is also expected to be strong as the wood products will be from Environmental, Social, and Governance(ESG)-compliant enterprises as well as being derived from a circular-economy oriented process, contributing to a sustainable future.
Plant Wiesentheid-Feuerbach (Germany)
Chipping OPT results in 4 problems:· Incurs cost and labour· Decaying chipped OPT:· releases greenhouse gases· harbours pests (snakes, rats andRhinocerous beetles)· spreads diseases such as Ganorderma
Conversion of OPT to useful wood products eliminates all the above 4 problems and allows investors to profit from the OPT agricultural waste with payback within 5 years.
An R&D Center and a Technical Service Center will also be set up to cater to this new and high-profit potential business in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the largest palm oil producers in the world.
A pioneer OPT processing plant using the Moehringermachinery and technology has been set up in Malaysiaand production started in May 2023.
