Plywood and Blockboard R&D
Paricá plywood panels are produced with high-quality rotary-cut veneers of Schizolobium amazonicum, the most cultivated native forest species in Brasil: the raw material used by plywood industries are sustainable as they come from planted forests (reforestation), reducing the deforestation of native forests.
Forests planted with Paricá occupies a total of 90,000 ha, spread between the states of Pará, Maranhão and Tocantins.… Read more...
One of the latest industrial applications on blockboard, consists in overlaying the panel with a durable decorative surface material, called continuous high pressure laminate (cHPL or CPL). This panel has special performance properties including chemical, fire, and wear resistance, which add to the well-known great features of blockboard.
Some of the most common enforcements are structures for upper and lower kitchen cabinets, workbenches, child room and office furniture, and all kinds of articles that require excellent resistance to scratch and hard use.… Read more...
Wooden floors are nothing new, but parquet floors have seen a recent resurgence as more people are starting to introduce these elegant and sophisticated styles in newly built homes or whilst renovating old properties. The patterns are timeless and classic, and always look chic.
The word parquet comes from the French ‘parchet’ (short for ‘parc’, literally meaning “a small enclosed space”).… Read more...
Double-core blockboard is a special kind of construction to produce thick lumber core panels, generally in the thicknesses between 34 mm and 60 mm.
This kind of panel has superior bending strength, lightness and screw-hold ability in comparison to any other kind of wood-based panel.
While the most common application is door frames, it’s suitable for the production of high-quality door, tables, and structural furniture components like shoulders.… Read more...
Block-board (also called lumber core) is a timber material consisting of a core of wooden strips placed between two layers of veneers (3-ply in all), with extraordinary characteristics of bending strength, lightness and screw-hold ability. As it’s a real solid-wood alternative to timber, suitable for the production of high-quality and long-lasting furniture, furnishings, partition walls and cabinet-making.… Read more...