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Panoramic view of the Guararapes MDF 3 construction site, with large-diameter piping in the foreground and silos and process towers in the background

Project · MDF

Guararapes MDF 3: a 500,000 m³/year MDF line, from business plan to start-up

FIG 01 Panoramic view of the construction site · Guararapes MDF 3, Santa Catarina, Brazil

The Guararapes MDF 3 line in Santa Catarina, Brazil, has a capacity of 500,000 m³/year of MDF and a 48 m continuous press. ProHolz prepared the business plan, carried out the conceptual, basic and detailed engineering and provided full project management through start-up.

ProHolz engineered and managed the project; procurement and construction remained with the client.

ProHolz covered four areas of the project

  1. 01

    Business plan

  2. 02

    Support to the client's procurement

    Technical evaluation of supplier bids.

  3. 03

    Conceptual, basic and detailed engineering

  4. 04

    Full project management through start-up

MDF 3 construction in images

  • Exhaust towers under erection at the Guararapes MDF 3 site, with a crane and the plant building in the background
    FIG 02 Exhaust towers under erection · Guararapes MDF 3, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • Erection of steel towers with cranes at the Guararapes MDF 3 site, with the green plant building, and concrete foundations in the foreground
    FIG 03 Tower erection with cranes · Guararapes MDF 3, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • Guararapes MDF 3 construction in progress, with the energy area, the stack, the silos and the boiler structure
    FIG 04 Construction in progress: energy area and silos · Guararapes MDF 3, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • Stacks of finished MDF panels in storage in the plant warehouse, on concrete supports
    FIG 05 Finished MDF panels in storage · Guararapes MDF 3, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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