Accsys has expanded production capacity at its facilities in Arnhem, the Netherlands, with its new, fourth acetylation chamber increasing production capacity by a third, up from 60,000m3 to 80,000m3.
The sustainable wood producer invested over €30 million in expanding the Arnhem site, including improving the wood handling for the whole facility. The improvements include: new capabilities to support safe and rapid handling and logistics of the increased volumes of wood; and a new quality monitoring and assurance technology with cameras, infrared scattering and x-rays to examine every board to ensure customer satisfaction with the products. Furthermore, a new 20,000m2 warehouse opened in October at Hoevers, which will provide 35,000m3 of raw material storage close to the Arnhem site.
Rob Harris, CEO of Accsys, commented: “The world urgently needs solutions for sustainable construction. Accoya is in high demand – and we’re working as hard as we can to produce much more of it.
“Our expansion at Arnhem is a significant step in the right direction of getting more Accoya out to the market. It’s part of our ambitious growth plan to expand production and fulfil our purpose of changing wood to change the world.”
John Alexander, group sales director of Accsys, added: “Reduced output from the Accoya facility in Arnhem over the past 12 months due to the engineering work on site for the 33% capacity expansion has created some challenges for our customers. We now have the benefit from that work addressing the demand and significantly increasing supply to our distributors. As we look ahead to early 2024, having two world scale facilities for production of Accoya provides for continued market growth and increased resilience of supply.”
