Natural Quality... Certified
Both green building standards and environmentally-conscious customers require independent
third party assurance that fabricators use wood harvested from responsibly managed
forests. Columbia Forest Products is no stranger to the leading forest certification
program in the global marketplace today – the
Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC®). Columbia was the first decorative
hardwood and plywood and veneer manufacturer to secure a FSC chain-of-custody certificate
through SmartWood over a decade ago in 1998.
Columbia offers the industry's most complete line of certified decorative hardwood
panel products which carry the FSC ecolabel. Unlike other forest certification programs,
the FSC is the only certification program endorsed by the internationally recognized
US Green Building Council's LEED® Green Building Rating System requirements.
Decorative panel product choices include a broad selection of certified or controlled
decorative veneers laminated to certified veneer core, particleboard and MDF substrates.
By choosing Certified Wood panels from Columbia for cabinets, furniture, store fixtures,
and other artisan uses, you and your clients can make the direct connection to responsibly
managed forests without any sacrifice of design or performance needed for today's
demanding project work.
Abundant, Reliable Supply... a Decade in the Making
Since 1998 Columbia has not only built the most extensive decorative hardwood plywood
product line, but also the means to deliver these panel products through the largest
hardwood plywood distribution network in North America. With this impressive aggregation
of "A-List" chain-of-custody hardwood plywood distributors,
securing FSC certified panel products is much easier.
With ten manufacturing facilities and one international brokerage group certified
under a
multisite certificate in the United States [SW-COC-000065] and Canada, Columbia
customers are offered an abundant, reliable supply of certified wood products.
Certified Plywood Substrates available with PureBond® assembly technology
The Certified Wood panels Columbia manufactures are invoiced as
FSC Pure, FSC Mixed % or FSC Mixed Credit. Panels are manufactured to
stringent North American ANSI HP-1-2009 standards.
FSC-certified or controlled decorative veneers can be laminated to FSC-certified
veneer core, phenolic particleboard, phenolic MDF or pMDI-bonded MDF substrates
with the patented Columbia PureBond formaldehyde-free lamination process. These
substrates will vary by the wood sourcing "baskets" Columbia draws from in North
America. For example, veneer core construction is available in aspen, poplar or
western softwood species depending on mill location. While nominal finished thickness
of 1/4", 1/2" and 3/4" are the most common, Columbia also specializes in many other
thicknesses, including metric to meet those "one-of-a-kind" project requirements.
Certified Decorative Veneers
Columbia's decorative hardwood veneer mills manufacture FSC certified veneer in
birch and maple species. These certified veneers are available in A, B and C face
grades together with corresponding veneer back grades of 1, 2 or 3. These rotary
veneers can be internally sourced by any of our plywood mills (subject to lead times).
Limited sap appearance grades are also available. These veneer grades are excellent
for fixtures, institutional furniture and case goods that are being specified in
today's LEED projects.
Columbia can also source FSC-certified plain sliced veneers. If you do not see a
veneer you are interested listed below, call us with your needs as availability
is constantly evolving with more species available as the certified market grows
in volume and variety year after year.
Specification of FSC-certified face and
back veneers give the fabricator 100% billable FSC content on invoice for LEED project
work. For more information on how FSC-certified wood is documented in LEED project
work click
here.
This is a partial list of wood products we can supply:
Specification Support
Columbia has a
three-part specification available for download to assist specifiers in
the documentation of FSC-certified panel constructions. This specification includes
a listing of Sales and Specialty Product Representatives by State who are standing
by to assist you in the specification of FSC-certified, no added urea formaldehyde
decorative panels products for your next Green project. Contact one of our Sales
and Specification Representatives today with your project needs.
FSC 2008 Standard (40-004V2)
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Controlled Veneer
Certified Core
Controlled Veneer
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Claim : "FSC Mixed
%"
Product group from well-managed forests and other controlled
sources.
www.fsc.org SW-COC-000065
©1996 Forest Stewardship Council
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Face: CONTROL
Back: CONTROL
Core: MIX, MIXCR or PURE
Panel: MIX (% will be calculated)
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Certified Veneer
Credit Certified Core (PBC)
Certified Veneer
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Claim : "FSC Mixed
Credit"
Product group from well-managed forests and other controlled
sources.
www.fsc.org SW-COC-000065
©1996 Forest Stewardship Council
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Face: PURE
Back: PURE
Core: MIXCR
Panel: MIXCR
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Certified Veneer
Transfer Certified Core (KayCore®)
Certified Veneer
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Claim : "FSC Pure"
100% from well-managed forests.
www.fsc.org SW-COC-000065
©1996 Forest Stewardship Council
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Face: PURE
Back: PURE
Core: PURE
Panel: PURE
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