Product Review from Environmental Building News
September 1, 1997

Hardwood Plywood from Certified Wood

States Industries, Inc. of Eugene, Oregon, has just begun offering a line of hardwood-veneer plywood made entirely from certified wood. The plywood cores are produced by laying up white fir veneers supplied by Collins Pine (from their certified timberlands in the Pacific Northwest). Hardwood veneers from various certified forests are then laminated onto the cores. Currently, three different veneers are available: black cherry and red oak from Kane Hardwoods (a timber operation in Pennsylvania owned by Collins Pine), and sugar maple from the Menominee Tribal Enterprises in Wisconsin.
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