Oriented strand board


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Oriented strand board

(OSB)
A high-strength, structural wood panel formed by binding wood strands with resin in opposing directions. OSB is beneficial in that it uses small-dimension and waste wood for its fiber; however, resin type should be considered for human health impact, and the production process monitored for air-pollutant emissions.
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Grant Forest Products in Timmins consumes more than one million-board feet of poplar a year for their oriented strand board plant.
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a parent company of Longlac Wood Industries (LWI), is currently evaluating the feasibility of a new softwood facility to manufacture oriented strand board (OSB) in Greenstone's new industrial park.
Plans to close mill may be averted
LP), Portland, Oregon, USA, has reached a definitive agreement with Georgia-Pacific (G-P) to transfer ownership of its Texas and Louisiana plywood mills in exchange for G-P's oriented strand board mill in Woodland, Maine and some additional consideration.
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (LP)

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