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EuroWire – November 2008
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english corporate news
Madem Group has announced several developments for the
next six months:
• In Brazil, Madem SA has completed a new plywood plant,
representing a US$8,000,000 investment. The plant, located
in southern Brazil will produce 70 containers per month of
plywood reels flanges.
All machinery was custom developed for Madem and the
special plywood will be in the market by October 2008.
Madem SA has three plants in Brazil, 800 employees,
30,000 acres of renewable pine forests, two sawmills and
one recycling operation.
• In the United States, Madem Reels USA Inc in Chattanooga is
launching a second shift as well as opening its first warehouse
and recycling centre in West Virginia. Another ten warehouses
will be opened by 2010. Madem Reels is already servicing
eight customers from the Chattanooga plant operation.
• In the Middle East, Madem Gulf WLL, located in Kingdom of
Bahrain, has nearly completed a new plant where production
is expected to begin by January 2009. Madem is anticipating
another new plant project for Middle East region in 2010.
• In Spain, Euromadem Spain SL launched a second shift in
September 2008 at its Calaf, Barcelona plant. Already selling in
Spain and Portugal, Euromadem is set to penetrate markets in
France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany.
• In Eastern Europe, Madem Romania SRL located in Bistrita,
Romania, is anticipating the launch of another production
operation projected to start up in December 2008.
Madem is ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 compliant in Brazil and will
begin ISO implementation in Spain and USA in January 2009.
“Madem has invested US$45,000,000 in the last five years
in new plants, software, quality systems, machinery and
warehouses. With our new plants in Bahrain and Romania,
Madem will be processing 30,000m
3
of lumber per month
(750 trucks of lumber/month) and sell our products to over
150 customers in more than 40 countries,” said Leandro
Mazzoccato, Madem group sales director.
Madem Reels – Brazil
Fax
: +55 54 3462 5900
:
madem@madem.com.brWebsite
:
www.mademreels.comSix months of expansion for Madem