Casework Producers Abandon Agrifiber Panels

Back in 2003, two of the nation’s largest manufacturers of cabinets and shelving for schools, hospitals, and labs switched over to agrifiber panels as their standard core material, citing both environmental and performance benefits (see EBN Vol. 12, No. 11, and Vol. 12, No. 12). Now, with the supply of panels made from wheatstraw and other agricultural fibers severely limited, both Case Systems, Inc., and LSI Corporation of America, Inc., are back to using standard wood particleboard. “We’ve gone away from biofiber board completely because it’s not available. It simply isn’t there,” said Keith Wrobel, senior vice president at LSI.
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