Tender for the Supply of Solid Carbide Profile Knives for Smartply Europe
SmartPly Europe (subsidary of the Coillte Group) is situated at Belview Port, near Waterford city and has produced Oriented Strand Board (OSB) since 1996 for a range of structural applications including flooring, wall sheathing, roofing, hoarding, furniture and packaging. OSB is a strong, durable wood panel which is increasingly used throughout Europe in the Offsite construction sector. It is manufactured by compressing precisely engineered strands of wood with gluing resins at high temperature to create a strong and versatile panel. It is an innovative, environmentally sustainable timber based solution for structural and non structural building applications. A significant volume of the factory output is exported, comprising over 40 different products. SmartPly are a leading supplier of premium OSB products in Europe.
SmartPly Europe now wishes to invite suitable candidates to tender for the supply of solid carbide profile knives. These knives will be used on a Globe machine specifically designed to engineer four and two sided tongue and groove products. The oriented strand board products are manufactured from Irish pulp wood; these are soft timber such as; lodgepole pine and Sitka spruce along with small quantities of Douglas fir and Japanese larch.
The speed of the tongue and groove machine line ranges between 60 to 85ft/min depending on the products being processed at the time. The products supplied by the sucessful vendor will be subjected to a two month trial before the contract would be official awarded. Further information is provided in the tender document attached.
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Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-05-27.
The procurement was published on 2011-05-12.
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