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Look for our "Mark of Excellence"
The CANPLY "Mark of Excellence" is an assurance to consumers
that our plywood meets the high quality standards established by the industry
and that it will perform in a satisfactory and predictable manner. Only
plywood manufactured by member companies of CANPLY are licensed to use
this stamp.
Plywood Technical Data
Plywood Engineering Properties and Design Values
Why Plywood?
Why Plywood?
Plywood outperforms all substitute wood-based panels on the
market today.
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Highly Stable
Plywood is a highly stable panel. When exposed to moisture or high
humidity, plywood is up to seven times more resistant to thickness
swell than substitute wood-based panels. Plywood also returns to
its original dimensions when it dries. |
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Stronger and Lightweight
Plywood is stronger than substitute wood-based panels in
the four important engineering strength properties of bending,
tension, compression and planar
shear and plywood weighs up to 40% less than substitute
wood-based panels of equivalent thickness. |
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Impact Resistant
Plywood is a highly impact-resistant panel and continues to perform
even when wet.
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Proven Performance
Plywood has over 50 years of proven service as a structural panel
for homes and construction and remains, according to surveys, the
panel of choice by home buyers, contractors, architects and engineers. |
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Environmentally Responsible
Plywood is manufactured from logs averaging 25cm (10 inches) in
diameter from managed sustainable forests. 100% of the log is utilized
for either veneer, or by-products, such as 2x4 lumber, landscaping
ties or chips for pulp and paper. Nothing is wasted. |
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Value Added
Plywood manufacturing, because it is a value added process, employs
four times as many people compared to the manufacture of substitute
wood-based panels - using the same volume of logs. |
