2002 Guide to panel products & sservices.The Composite Panel Association (CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. ) brings together 32 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. producers of particleboard par·ti·cle·board or particle board n. A structural material made of wood fragments, such as chips or shavings, that are mechanically pressed into sheet form and bonded together with resin. . medium density fiberboard fi·ber·board n. A building material composed of wood chips or plant fibers bonded together and compressed into rigid sheets. Noun 1. (MDF (1) (Main Distribution Frame) A wiring rack that connects outside lines with internal lines. It is used to connect public or private lines coming into the building to internal networks. ) and other compatible products. Together, they represent approximately 85 percent of the total North American manufacturing capacity of these products. Each of the CPA member's products and services are summarized below. For additional information visit the company's Web site or call its sales office at the phone number provided. Serving as both industry beacon and advocate. CPA represents the composite panel/engineered wood industry on technical, environmental, quality assurance and product acceptance issues. The CPA continues to be a vital resource for both producers and users of industry products. The CPA as an ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. standards developer, writes and publishes industry product standards. It also participates in the standards development work of ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials and others, sponsors product acceptance activities and works with federal agencies and model building code bodies. In addition, it conducts product-testing and third-parry certification programs and helps manufacturers create in-plant quality-control programs. The CPA also supports the Composite Wood Council (CWC CWC Chemical Weapons Convention CWC Cricket World Cup CWC Central Wyoming College CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress (trade union; Sri Lanka) CWC Ceylon Workers Congress (Sri Lanka) ), which includes in its membership furniture and cabinet manufacturers, equipment suppliers and CPA members. The mission of the 190-plus-member Council is to communicate the attributes of engineered wood products to a broader audience, which includes consumers. For more information about becoming a member of the CWC, visit www.pbmdf.com or call (301) 670-1752. WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU We welcome ideas from our readers and encourage you to contact us with information or leads regarding applications, installations and newsworthy uses of composite panel products by architects, builders and manufacturers. We also invite your inquiries for further information on any of the companies, products or processes mentioned in our articles. And we'd like to know of others in your company who would be interested in receiving the CPA newsletter twice each year. Composite Panel Association USA - Head Office 18922 Premiere Court Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (301) 670-0604 FAX: (301) 840-1252 CANADA 12650 Crescent Street Suite 216 Montreal, Quebec H3G 2A9 (514) 878-2883 FAX (514) 989-9318 Here's a snapshot of the core products and value-added services offered by members of the Composite Panel Association. Find out more about a company's products and capabilities by visiting its Web site or phoning its sales office at the number provided. BASSETT FIBERBOARD Bassett, VA (540) 629-6770 Standard Products & Services: MDF panels up to 6 ft x 14 ft or 5 ft x 14 ft or cut-to-size as ordered. Thickness ranges from 3/8 in. to 1-1/8 in. Specialties: Normal internal bond is 125 lbs per cubic in.: high internal bond is 125 to 140 lbs per square in.: high density is 53 lbs per cubic ft. BOISE CASCADE Boise Cascade Holdings, LLC, which uses the trade name Boise, is an American pulp and paper company, ranked as the thirteenth largest forest products company in the world. CORP. Boise, ID www.boisecascade.com (888) 264-7372 Standard Products & Services: Boise Cascade manufactures a full range of particleboard products. Industrial panels of 41-lb. 45-lb and 50-lb density are available. The company has two production lines: 4 ft x 24 ft and 5 ft x l8 ft. Specialties: Super Shelf is a bull-nosed and filled shelving product. Super Step is a bull-nosed stair tread. CANPAR INDUSTRIES Grand Forks Grand Forks, city (1990 pop. 49,425), seat of Grand Forks co., E N.Dak., at the confluence of the Red and the Red Lake rivers; inc. 1881. In a spring wheat, livestock, and farm area, the city has grain elevators, state-operated flour mills, and plants that process , BC (800) 547-1793 Standard Products & Services: Industrial particleboard manufactured on presses 8 ft x 46 ft and 5 ft x 10 ft in thicknesses of 7/8 in. to 2 in. and densities of 28 to 35 lbs per cubic ft. Specialties: Profiled door core, cut-to-size, routing and lockblocks. COLLINS PRODUCTS Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and farm area. , OR www.collinswood.com (800) 329-1219 Standard Products & Services: Industrial particleboard manufactured from 100% post-industrial waste on a 5-ft x 24-ft press. 1/2 to 1/1-4 in. thick Specialties: Collins' industrial particleboard is available FSC-certified (SCS-COC-00085). COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS Columbia Forest Products is the largest manufacturer of hardwood veneer, hardwood plywood and laminated products in the United States. Founded in 1957, it is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Boisbriand, QUE www.columbiaforestproducts.com Canada: (450) 437-1964 U.S. (800) 438-6069 Standard Products & Services: Columbia is North Americas largest hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer manufacturer. The company also offers laminate, engineered and solid wood flooring Wood flooring is a type of flooring made from the timber of hardwoods, or of spruce or hard pine. There are two basic manufactured types of hardwood. Wood flooring comes unfinished, and once installed is sanded, then finished on site. products. and melamine melamine (mĕl`əmēn'), common name for 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine. Melamine is a trimer (see polymer) of cyanamide, H2NC≡N, and is synthesized from calcium carbide. and particleboard panels. Specialties: Columbia's veneers. hardwood plywood and melamine are used in cabinetry, furniture, architectural millwork and commercial fixtures. The company's eight SmartWood chain-of-custody mills are certified to bear the FSC FSC See: Foreign Sales Corporation eco-label. Columbia offers panels with 80% and 100% certified content and SmartWood Rediscovered particleboard manufactured from 100% reclaimed wood. Improvements/Expansions: Columbia's Hearst ONT ONT Ontario (old acronym - ON is now frequently used) ONT Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (cisco CCNP exam) ONT Optical Network Terminal ONT Ontario Northland Railway , facilities have earned ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 certification for quality management. A major expansion of the Hearst particleboard plant was completed in 2001, increasing capacity by 50% to 100 million sq ft per year. DEL-TIN FIBER LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. , AR www.temple.com (800) 424-2311 Standard Products & Services: MDF manufactured on a 9-ft-wide continuous press in a thickness range of 7/32 in. to 1 in. and densities of 40-60 lbs per cubic ft. Specialties: Laminate flooring This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. substrate, shelving and turning and moulding blanks. FLAKEBOARD COMPANY LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . Markham, ON (800) 268-9830 www.flakeboard.com Standard Products & Services: Thin MDF available in 4-ft and 5-ft widths and continuous lengths: painted board: prints: papers: pegboard: cut-to-size: thin particleboard: low-pressure melamine particleboard Specialties: Flakeboard is implementing a new paint line specifically to be applied on thin MDF. It will match up wood grain patterns that are presently used in the cabinet, furniture and RTA RTA renal tubular acidosis. RTA Renal tubular acidosis, see there industries. The company will also match up its largest-selling melamine designs to a print, which will be used for cabinet backs and drawer bottoms. This will be a more cost-effective alternative to traditional papers and foils. Improvements/Expansions: Over the past year and a half. Flakeboard has doubled its thin MDF "Fibrex" capacity to 600 million sq ft per year based on a 3mm basis. The company has also developed new thicknesses as low as 1.6mm (1/16 in.) to replace luan plywood or similar products for cross-band applications. FLORIDA PLYWOODS INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . Greenville, FL www.flply.com (850) 948-2211 Standard Products & Services: Birch. maple and oak plywood: cut-to-size: cabinet end panels on particleboard or veneer core: paper-wrapped drawer sides: vinyl shelving and other components. Specialties: Cut-to-size plywood is specially designed with homogeneous particleboard core to deliver cost savings along with pluses of particleboard construction without significant losses of machine-ability or other features associated with veneer core. Second particleboard plant provides a homogeneous substrate for Florida Plywood's paper-wrapped cut-to-size drawer sides. Improvements/Expansions: Florida Plywood continuously seeks to improve its manufacturing technique. sanding and laminating to ensure quality components are delivered when needed. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. Atlanta, GA www.gapac.com (800) 727-9452 Standard Products & Services: Wide selection of particleboard. MDF. hardboard hardboard: see composition board. and thermally-fused melamine. Specialties: G-P's new facility in Oxford. MS. produces Duramine Decorative Melamine. G-P G-P Gel'fand - Pinsker (channel code) offers this TFM TFM Traffic Flow Management TFM TeX Font Metrics TFM Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana TFM Trusted Facility Manual TFM Testicular Feminization TFM Total Facility Management TFM Tentative Final Monograph TFM Transaction Flow Manager TFM Thermally Fused Melamine product in a variety of colors and custom sizes, from 1/4-in, to 1-1/8-in, thick on particleboard or MDF. Improvements/Expansions: The Duramine Decorative Melamine facility opened in spring of 2001. The plant features three presses with a capacity to produce 200 million sq ft f product annually. HAMBRO FOREST PRODUCTS INC. Crescent City Crescent City is the name of the following places:
www.hambro-inc.com (800) 442-6276 Standard Products & Services: Since 1965 Hambro has specialized in manufacturing single-layer floor decking that provides high physical strength and high-water resistance to builders of factory built homes. Specialties: Stabilized and Acclimatized (SA) Cresdek floor decking is made for HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. Code homes. SA's 16-day processing virtually
eliminates floor expansion and buckling. The company claims
Cresdek's water resistance scores high on the 24-hour soak test.
Improvements/Expansions: More than 100,000 square feet of new warehouse space has been added to accommodate the increasing demand for SA Cresdek HUD Code floor decking. Fourteen trucks were added to an existing fleet of 24 to assure on time delivery to customers. Production capacity has been increased by 20%. INTERNATIONAL PAPER DECORATIVE PANELS DIV. www.decorativepanels.com (800) 446-8188 Standard Products & Services: International Paper's Decorative Panels Group produces particleboard at three facilities in Virginia. Standard panel sizes are 49 in. x 97 in. and 61 in. x 97 in.: thickness ranges from 3/8 in. to 1-1/8 in. Specialties: IP's Franklin and Stuart. VA. plants offer cut-to-size and countertop size panels for improved yields and cost savings. The Franklin. VA. plant offers bull-nose edge-filled shelving. Laminated panels are produced at facilities in NC. WI and CA Products include TFM panels. decorative top-coated foil laminated panels. vinyl laminated panels and hardwood veneer panels. LP Portland, OR www.lpcorp.com (800) 348-8275 Standard Products & Services: LP's industrial panel products include hardboard. MDF and particleboard. MDFis made with southern pine in a thickness range of 1/6 in. to 3/4 in. Particleboard is available in 4-ft or 5-ft widths and in a wide variety of thicknesses and densities. Specialties: LP offers a UV filled, printed and top-coated product in a variety of wood grains and solid colors that are well suited for shelving. furniture, store fixture and cabinet components. Also available are MDF laminated flooring substrates and Tileboard. an embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. and printed hardboard. Improvements/Expansions: Recent production improvements have centered around cost reductions, minimizing emissions and increasing value-added capabilities. LP is switching from a solvent-based edge fill line to UV fill at its Missoula. MT. plant. This will reduce emissions, while at the same time improve quality and production. LANGBOARD Wilacoochie, GA www.langboard.com (912)534-5959 Standard Products: Langboard MDF is manufactured to meet or exceed the required properties under ANSI A2082 (1994) for interior use. It is available in standard thicknesses of 3/8 in. to 1-1/4 in.: standard widths of 49 in. and 61 in.: and standard lengths of 73 in.. 97 in., 109 in.. 121 in. and 193 in. Specialties: Custom thicknesses and lengths are available. LEBANITE CORP. (CPA membership pending.) Lebanon, OR www.lebanite.com (541) 451-1463, ext. 226 Standard Products & Services: Lebanite is a highly moisture resistant, resin-rich, industrial-grade composite board made from wood fibers. phenolic phe·no·lic adj. Of, relating to, containing, or derived from phenol. n. Any of various synthetic thermosetting resins, obtained by the reaction of phenols with simple aldehydes and used as adhesives. binders and moisture inhibitors. Specialties: Lebanite has exceptional high density. internal bond and compressive strength Compressive strength is the capacity of a material to withstand axially directed pushing forces. When the limit of compressive strength is reached, materials are crushed. Concrete can be made to have high compressive strength, e.g. with a low moisture absorption and swell rate. The company says Lebanite is dimensionally stable and that its homogeneous properties give it desirable machining characteristics with no fuzzing See fuzz testing. or chipping. Improvements/Expansions: Since being purchased from Georgia-Pacific Corp., Lebanite has gone through a complete reorganization. reducing its administrative overhead by more than 50% while increasing production efficiencies and lowering manufacturing and raw material costs. Quality control measures have been added, allowing the company to produce a better product with more consistency. MARSHFIELD DOOR SYSTEMS INC. Marshfield, WI (800) 826-4020 Standard Products & Services: Marshfield Door Systems supplies components to the door industry including particleboard. lock blocks, profiled cores, fine cores and profiled fine cores. Specialties: Marshfield Doors specialty is speed and the ability to handle change orders. Lead times are usually 7 to 10 days: changes can be made up to the hour before a jobs release to the shop floor. MERILLAT INDUSTRIES Merillat Industries was founded in Adrian, Michigan as an American manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in 1946 by Orville D. Merillat. Now retired, Richard Merillat, took over from his father as CEO and President. INC. Rapid City, SD (616) 285-7067 Standard Products: M-2 industrial grade particleboard made with ponderosa pine ponderosa pine pinusponderosa. on a 5-ft x 18-ft press. Thicknesses range from 1/4 in. to 1-1/8 in. with a density range of 42 to 48 lbs per cubic ft. NEWPRO (Northern Engineered Wood Products Inc.) Smithers Smithers is a surname, and may refer to: People People with the surname Smithers
(250) 764-4679 Standard Products: NEWPRO has operated a 4-ft particleboard plant in Smithers. BC, since the mid-1990s. Product is sold under the Blonde trademark owning to the boards light appearance. Improvements/Expansions: In April 2000 NEWPRO converted a bankrupt 5-ft strawboard straw·board n. A coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp. Noun 1. strawboard - a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp cardboard, composition board - a stiff moderately thick paper plant in northern Alberta Norhern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca Oil Sands and Wabasca Area in the east of the region. over to a wood-based particleboard mill. The plant pressed its first board on Feb. 26, 2001. and has been ramping up production ever since. The mill is rated for an annual capacity of 90 million sq ft(5/8 in. basis). This adds a significant addition to the 52 million sq ft-rated capacity of the Smithers plant. NORBORD INDUSTRIES Deposit, NY www.norbord.com (416) 365-0710 Standard Products & Services: MDF in thicknesses of 1/4 in. to 1-1/2 in.: full cut-to-size capabilities: moisture-resistant LDF LDF Local Development Framework LDF Left Democratic Front (India) LDF Local Distribution Frame LDF LuraDocument Format (file extension) LDF Low Density Fiberboard and HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) A file format for scientific data that is developed and maintained by NCSA. Governments and research organizations around the world use HDF for archiving and distributing collected data. HDF - Hierarchical Data Format in stocking programs. Specialties: Moisture-resistant (MR) board is ideally suited for interior applications in which there is a risk of occasional wetting or prolonged exposure to high humidity. LDF panels weigh 20% less than Norbords standard MDF. which reduces shipping cost, reduces waste and is easier to cut, Both LDF and MR panels have mill stocking programs. PAN PACIFIC PRODUCTS Broken Arrow, OK (580) 584-6247 Standard Products & Services: MDF panels from 3/4 in. to 4 in. thick: density from 22 lbs to 60 Ibs: homogeneous. All-pine production: MDF door stiles Stiles can refer to: People
Specialties: Thick MDF. 2 in. to 4 in., eliminates glue up and glue line separation. Thick MDF is available in all sizes. It is ideal for shaping and profiling. Flat density profile provides consistent glue soak and paintability. Improvements/Expansions: The ability to produce panels as low as 22-lb density and as high as 60-lb density. PANOLAM INDUSTRIES Shelton, CT www.panolam.com (203)925-1566 Standard Products & Services: Panolam Industries' panels consists of a melamine resin melamine resin n. A thermosetting resin used for molded products, adhesives, and surface coatings. Noun 1. melamine resin impregnated im·preg·nate tr.v. im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, im·preg·nates 1. To make pregnant; inseminate. 2. To fertilize (an ovum, for example). 3. decorative paper thermally fused to an industrial-grade particleboard or MDF. More than 45 popular colors. patterns and wood grains are available, as well as a variety of textures. Panel thicknesses range from 1/4 in. to 1-3/8 in.: widths range from 49 in. to 61 in.: and lengths range from 73 in. to 145 in. Specialties: Panolam offers a color-matching program involving its TFM panels and Pionite high-pressure laminates. A variety of edge treatments are also available such as PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. , polyester. solid wood or veneer, soft-formed melamine and high-pressure laminates. Plastic and metal T-molding can also be used as edgebanding materials. PLUM CREEK MDF INC. Columbia Falls, MT www.plumcreek.com (800) 548-3099 Standard Products & Services: Plum Creek manufactures specialty MDF products made from 100% recovered and recycled western softwood fiber. Specialties: Plum Creeks Super-Refined MDF2 features a smooth surface and uniform core. The ultra-fine geometry and homogeneous panel construction provide for high-speed machining and unblemished finishes. Improvements/Expansions: October 2001 marked the start up of a new continuous press designed for panels as thin as 0.118 in. (3mm). This complements the existing press. which specializes in thicker panels up to 1.25 in. (32mm). POTLATCH potlatch (pŏt`lăch'), ceremonial feast of the natives of the NW coast of North America, entailing the public distribution of property. CORP. Spokane, WAD www.potlatchcorp-com (509) 326-8492 Standard Products & Services: 3/8. 15/32. 1/2. 7/16. 5/8. 11/16. 3/4 and 7/8 4-ft x 8-ft particleboard panels for underlayment. commercial and industrial uses. Specialties: Commercial board provides a cost-efficient panel for laminators. PROBOARD LTD. Alkokan, ON www.ravenspanel.com (250) 442-5525 Standard Products: Particleboard in thicknesses of 1/2 in. to 1-1/2 in. and a density of 42 lbs per cubic ft. Specialties: Pro-Lay 6mm underlayment is designed for use under vinyl and wood floor coverings. ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS Roseburg Forest Products is one of the largest privately wood products company in the United States. Based in Roseburg, Oregon, Kenneth Ford founded the company in 1937. It was originally named Roseburg Lumber and operated mills throughout Western Oregon. Rose burg, OR www.rfpco.com (800) 245-1115 Standard Products & Services: RFPJ is a fully integrated producer of particleboard. thermally-fused melamine. vinyl laminated, UV-coated products and pre-finished shelving. Specialties: Roseburg melamine is a complete line of thermally-fused melamine panels available in a wide variety of colors, patterns and wood grains. Roseburg melamine is available on RFP's Ultrablend core. pine core particleboard and MDF. Improvements/Expansions: RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. will install a new 5-ft x 24ft melamine line in 2002 with production slated to start in July. RFP will install upgraded coating equipment. also with start-up scheduled for July. RFP will install new edgebanding equipment with planned startup in August. SACOPAN INC. Sacre-Coeur, QC (418) 861-9103 Standard Products & Services: Sacopan makes a 1/8-in-thick high- density MDF from spruce. pine and fir sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which residuals on a 65-in. x 90-in press. Density ranges from 60-65 lbs per cubic ft. Specialties: Moulded door skins and cut-to-size services. TAFISA CANADA Lac-Megantic, QUE www.tafisa.ca (888) 882-3472 Standard Products & Services: Tafisa products include Tafipan raw industrial-grade particleboard is available in 4-ft and 5-ft widths. 6-ft to 12-ft lengths and 1/4-in. to 1-1/2-in. thicknesses. Tafilam decorative thermo-fused melamine panels are available in the same dimensions. Specialties: Tafisa's large color line is available in both thermo-fused melamine panels and high-pressure laminates to allow designers and manufacturers to value-engineer their projects. Panels are available up to M-3 specification for office furniture and other uses. Improvements/Expansions: Tafisa invested more than $200 million (Canadian) in 2000 to quadruple production at its Lac-Megantic particleboard mill. Capacity now reaches 550 million sq ft (3/4-in. basis) Tafisa has also doubled its melamine lamination lamination a laminar structure or arrangement. capacity. TEMPLE Diboll, TX www.temple.com (800) 231-6060 Standard Products & Services: Temple is able to produce MDF in thicknesses ranging from 3/16 in. to 1-5/16 in. Temple also has five particleboard mills capable of making product 1/4 in. to 1-1/8 in. and 49 in. and 61 in. wide x 73 in. to 241 in. long. Specialties: Temple products "Ultra" MDF, a premium MDF specifically designed for rigid thermofoil cabinet doors and other critical machining applications. "Ultra Lite" MDF is a lightweight board that is much less dense and is easier for end users to handle and reduces tool wear. Temple also offers SCS and FSC certified products. Temple's TemStock is an M-2 particleboard. Overboard Panels, which are finished with paper and decorative foil laminates, are available in a wide variety of solid colors, wood grains and custom-matched colors. TIMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY Springfield, OR www.timberproducts.com (800) 547-9520, ext. 423 Standard Products & Services: Commercial and industrial particleboard made from pine and fir. Also, specialty panels such as door core: underlayment also available. Specialties: Superflake is a premium laminate-grade panel that is specially designed as a substrate for hardwood panels. Improvements/Expansions: Timber Products investment in computer networking and machine automation allows it to cost-effectively run many more products in smaller quantities, which helps customers reduce inventories. UNIBOARD Laval, QUE www.uniboard.com (800) 263-5240 Standard Products & Services: Particleboard. MDF, thermo-fused melamine in more than 115 standard colors arid decorative foils. Specialties: Uniboard offers eight distinctive finishes for its TFM products; Surface Plus overlays provides abrasion resistance for melamine; and the company's Integra Program provides a complete integrated decorative package for mixing and matching HPL HPL - Language used in HP9825A/S/T "Desktop Calculators", 1978(?) and ported to the early Series 200 family (9826 and 9836, 68000). Fairly simple and standard, but with extensive I/O support for data acquisition and control (BCD, Serial, 16 bit custom and IEEE 488 interfaces), and TEM TEM 1. transmission electron microscope. 2. triethylenemelamine. 3. transmissible encephalopathy of mink. . Improvements/Expansions: Uniboard has a long-term strategic vision to be a fully integrated North American manufacturer of composite wood and value-added products. The company took two more steps toward this goal last year. In April it formed an alliance with GVK GVK Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog (German) America of Biscoe, NC. which produces thermo-fused melamine laminated particleboard and MDF panels. In September. Uniboard took over the CDM 1. CDM - Content Data Model 2. CDM - Code Division Multiplexing thermo-fused melamine impregnation impregnation /im·preg·na·tion/ (im?preg-na´shun) 1. fertilization. 2. saturation (1). impregnation 1. the act of fertilizing or rendering pregnant. 2. saturation. facility in Drummondville, QUE. On Nov. 1. Uniboard announced that it had earned third party Green Cross environmental certification for its products from Scientific Certification Systems. WEBB FURNITURE ENTERPRISES INC. Galax galax: see diapensia. , VA (276) 236-6141 Standard Products & Services: Furniture-grade particleboard, cut-to-size program, door cores, lock blocks and small particleboard parts. Specialties: Webb Furniture offers a wide range of cut-to-size particleboard. including small cuttings. and short delivery times. The product's tight core is well suited for veneer overlay applications. WEST FRASER MILLS LTD./ WESTPINE/RANGER BOARD Edmonton, AB (780)413-8900 Standard Products & Services: WestPine and Rangerboard produce western white wood MDF from 1/8 in. to 1-1/4 in. thick, Products include flooring substrates, regular and light MDF and powder coating grade boards. Specialties: WestPine MDF produces a high-density. moisture-resistant product for the laminate flooring industry. Rangerboard makes products geared for machineability and painting. Improvements/Expansions: Continuous efforts are being made to upgrade the Rangerboard and WestPine MDF plants to optimize production and provide incremental capacity growth. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES Albany, OR www.wii.com (541) 926-7771 Standard Products & Services: Willamette Industries is a major supplier of MDF and particleboard nationwide in a wide variety of dimensions. Products include fire-retardant and moisture-resistant panels and thick and light MDF. Specialties: Duraflake FR Class I fire-rated particleboard is ideally suited for interior commercial building applications where fire safety is required. Applications include elevators, hotels, restaurants, malls, offices and commercial case goods. Duraflake FR features smoothness, uniformity and machineability. Improvements/Expansions: Willamettes newest facility in Bennetsville, SC. employs European continuous press technology to manufacture UltraPine. This new generation of particleboard offers consistency and a smooth, high-quality surface. A more fibrous core means tighter edges and desirable machining properties. RELATED ARTICLE: CPA'S GRADEMARK PROGRAMS BENEFIT INDUSTRY The Composite Panel Association administers two Grademark programs that certify participants to formaldehyde emission levels and physical/mechanical properties of particleboard and medium density fiberboard. These programs ensure wood product manufacturers and designers the products they specify meet industry standards. The Formaldehyde Program provides independent certification of formaldehyde emission levels from wood panel products and includes requirements for initial qualification for product certification, plant quality control procedures and periodic audits by the CPA. The Formaldehyde Program assures that certified unfinished (including sanded) composite panel products meet the emission limits specified in applicable standards There are 55 plants participating in the CPA's Grademark Formaldehyde Program, with more than 150 products certified to date, in North America. The Physical and Mechanical Properties Program provides certification and conformity assessment services for building code approval. Manufactured home decking, underlayment and stair treads are certified through this CPA program. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION Five field representatives service and conduct Grademark audits of PB and MDF plants throughout North America. This consists of periodic, unannounced mill visits to review records, select and test samples in the plant, and select samples for testing at the CPA's independent testing laboratory. In addition to audits, the program also offers training to Grademark participants for formaldehyde testing procedures and workshops to introduce new members and testing personnel to the programs. The CPA has accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) is a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) program which provides an unbiased third-party test and evaluation program to accredit laboratories in their respective fields to the ISO 17025 standard. (NVLAP NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (US NIST) ), administered by' the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ), for test methods used in the laboratory. The Grademark program has received widespread public, government and industry recognition. In order to participate in the CPA Grademark Program, producers must have a comprehensive quality control program detailed in a company manual, qualified personnel, appropriate lab equipment, and conduct routine production quality control testing. Additional requirements include maintaining and submitting test data records to the CPA; allowing field representatives access to the plant, equipment and personnel at all times; and permitting field representative to select board samples for testing at least once per quarter. |
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