Natural Quality... Certified
Today 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. Today, Columbia offers the industry's
most complete line of certified decorative hardwood panel products which carry the
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) ecolabel. Unlike other forest certification programs,
the FSC is the only certification program endorsed by the internationally recognized
US Green Building Council LEED® Green Building Rating System requirements.
Decorative Panel product choices include a broad selection of certified or controlled
decorative veneers laminated to certified veneer, particleboard and MDF cores. By
choosing FSC-certified 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 eight manufacturing facilities and one international
brokerage group certified under a Multisite certificate in the United States [SW-COC-000065]
and two mills under a separate certificate in Canada [SW-COC-000424], 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-1-2004 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 including red oak,
maple, cherry, VG Fir, Idaho Knotty Pine and Peruvian Mahogany (limited availability.)
If you do not see a veneer you are interested listed here, 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.
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.
Decorative Wood Species Available for Lamination
Decorative face and back veneers are available either as
FSC-Certified or controlled.
FSC-certified face and back veneers can
be incorporated into panel assemblies to attain FSC Pure or FSC-Mixed Credit panel
construction where 100% of the volume of the panel can be accounted for downstream
as FSC certified for the purposes of LEED or mixed assembly calculations.
Controlled wood face and back veneers
from controlled sources which are not FSC certified can be incorporated into panels
to make a panel with a FSC Mixed percentage claim which will have a variable percentage
claim depending on thickness ranging from 70% on 1/4" panel assemblies to 97% on
the thickest panel constructions available.
This is a partial list of wood products we can supply:
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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FSC-Certified products available upon request.
By buying products with an FSC label you are supporting the growth of responsible
forest management worldwide.
©1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C.
SW-COC-000065