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Columbia Forest Product's Pureblend
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Columbia is now in the process of converting all of its standard hardwood plywood production to produce formaldehyde-free panels called PureBond. Cost-competitive with the standard urea formaldehyde (UF)-made hardwood plywood, Columbia's PureBond formula is derived naturally, then enhanced with a proprietary resin, giving it particularly strong bonding and water-resistance qualities. And better yet it enables Columbia to completely eliminate formaldehyde from its standard veneer-core decorative panel production.
With a growing focus from the architectural community on indoor air quality, Columbia's formaldehyde-free decorative panels are also compliant with the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, earning one point for LEED's EQ Credit 4.4 for Low-Emitting Materials: Composite Wood. And PureBond panels also eliminate formaldehyde from both press and product emissions, which is good news for everyone, including our employees.
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Medite II
Medite II is an SCS certified, no-added formaldehyde MDF panel engineered for non-structural applications and can be used in place of sanded plywood and solid wood. This panel provides the flexibility of a composite panel with the emissions of solid wood.
Use Medite II for your next LEED building project and achieve Credits for Material & Resources (4.1 & 4.2 and 5.1 & 5.2) and Indoor Environmental Quality (4.4)
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Primeboard
PrimeBoard takes meticulous care in controlling and refining every aspect of the particleboard manufacturing process. From interviewing farmers about farming practices and chemical utilization to maintaining the very latest machinery and software to comprehensive quality assurance programs our team does not leave performance to chance.
When the plant was built in 1995 it was the first of its kind in the world to successfully manufacture particleboard from wheat straw utilizing MDI resins in place of resins containing urea formaldehyde. Today technology leadership continues as we have successfully mastered the art of blending different resources with wheat straw, such as sunflower hulls, to achieve more desirable particleboard properties and/or appearances.
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