Product Review from Environmental Building News
June 1, 2005

Columbia Forest Products Launches a Revolution in Plywood Adhesives

Nearly all interior-grade plywood panels are made with urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin. That reality is changing now that Columbia Forest Products—the largest producer of decorative interior panels in the U.S.—has announced its transition to a new soy-based adhesive invented at Oregon State University (OSU). Columbia has already switched production of all veneer-core panels at two of its plants to the new binder, and plans to convert the remaining four plants within a year.
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