Timber Products Receives CARB Certification Exemption for Veneer Core Hardwood Plywood

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Timber Products Company, the environmental leader in hardwood plywood, announced that it has been approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as an ultra low-emitting formaldehyde resin manufacturer of wood products.

The designation means the company is exempt from third-party certification requirements under the CARB regulations for its veneer core hardwood plywood at its Medford, Ore., facility. 

“As one of the earliest CARB-certified manufacturers, this exemption means our customers can be assured that every veneer core panel we produce will meet California’s Phase 2 formaldehyde regulations,” said Timber Products Vice President Roger Rutan. “Also, this certification allows us to reduce the amount of testing, lowering our overall costs. Keeping our panels cost-competitive is critical to our customers.”

CARB Phase 2 requirements for veneer core hardwood plywood went into effect Jan. 1, 2010, with lower formaldehyde emission levels than in Phase 1 of the program. Raw particleboard and MDF have an additional year, until Jan. 1, 2011, to comply with Phase 2 emission levels. Hardwood plywood with a composite core has a deadline of July 1, 2012.

Timber Products’ mills in Medford, Ore., Grants Pass, Ore., and Corinth, Miss., have all earned Phase 2 certifications to produce CARB-compliant hardwood plywood.

About Timber Products Company
Founded in 1918, Timber Products Company offers a wide range of diversified wood products and specializes in hardwood plywood. The company is one of the largest material suppliers to the U.S. kitchen cabinet industry. Timber Products owns nine state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities across the United States, a major international division, and 118,000 acres of forestland in Northern California managed under the strict standards of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) program. Timber Products was the world’s first hardwood plywood manufacturer authorized to carry the SFI label and began offering products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council in 2007. The company also operates TP Trucking, a nationwide transportation division.

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