Siempelkamp’s sales in 2013 hit €710m, of which €590m represented new orders. Performance was boosted by orders placed for wood-based panel plants at the end of the year.

Ten panel manufacturers placed large orders, including ContiRoll presses, with Siempelkamp in 2013. Six customers placed orders for MDF plants, including Homanit which is investing in a thin MDF factory at Krosno, Poland.

Siempelkamp also sold four particleboard plants last year, as well as four short-cycle presses, one of which was for Egger in Tyrol. Several more customers ordered the company’s MDF blending system.

The company also reported a significant increase in demand for second-hand plants.