Lightweight Poplar Plywood

High-quality lightweight plywood:

A lightweight plywood that is stable and very strong, poplar plywood is produced using 100% poplar veneers, which are laid with each veneer perpendicular to the previous one.

The use of poplar throughout means this plywood is very light in weight, with a creamy white colour that is used regularly in the manufacture of toys, vehicles, tables, furniture, packaging and other applications where the light weight and/or large sizes are desirable.

Poplar plywood is regularly used by customers in the manufacture of their own products, predominantly where a plywood product that is lightweight is needed, while remaining strong & stable, and with a uniform & reliable face.

Customers that regularly take advantage of the technical characteristics of poplar plywood include  caravans and other vehicle manufacturers, door manufacturers, toy producers, and decorative panel producers (e.g. foil and PVC faced, veneered plywood).

This wood is also available as poplar fineline plywood

Unidirectional poplar drawerside plywood:

This product can be produced with 'unidirectional' veneers, which is an arrangement whereby the core veneers are laid so that each one has its grain running in the same general direction. This construction can be engineered to allow easier bending across the grain, or to give a more uniform colour & pattern to the edge (e.g. often called poplar drawerside plywood)

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How to describe the product you want:

The plywoods are described by means of the combination of face and back grades and the glueline required (i.e. EN 314-2 Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3):

• Poplar - I/III (AB/BB), II/II (B/B), II/III (B/BB), III/III (BB/BB) & III/IV (BB/C)
• Ceiba/Fromager - B/BB, BB/BB
• Ilomba/Otie - B/BB (B/B also available)
• Okoume/Gaboon - B/BB
• MDF faced plywood
• Chipboard faced plywood
• Eyong - B/BB

For instance: B/BB ilomba faced poplar plywood EN 314-2 Class 1

Poplar plywood can also be supplied with other face options, in addition to those listed above. Options regularly requested include various exotic veneers such as ayous (obeche), kapokier, etc, and faced with lightweight chipboard.

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Decorative Veneer Faced Poplar Plywood:

Any of our wide range of decorative real wood veneers can be bonded onto poplar plywood core.

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Technical Details:

• Thickness:
  • Ranges from 3mm to 60mm (see below for standard thickness production)
• Standard sizes:
  • As detailed above
• Special sizes:
  • Any size can be supplied, up to maximum overall dimension 5150x1850mm or 3660x2120mm
• Tolerances:
  • As per EN315 (others by arrangement)
• Face grades:
  • See above
• Gluing options:
  • EN 314-2 Class 1 - Interior & moisture resistant usage
  • EN 314-2 Class 2 - Covered exterior usage
  • EN 314-2 Class 3 - Fully exterior usage
• Panel performance:
  • EN 636-1 - Interior & moisture resistant usage
  • EN 636-2 - Covered exterior usage
  • EN 636-3 - Fully exterior usage

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Lightweight plywood:

Poplar plywood is regularly used for lightweight applications, as it is approximately 40-45% lighter than normal commercial plywood panels, such as birch plywood.

The following are approximate average weights of our poplar throughout plywood panels, along with typical packing quantities:

• 3mm (200 shts/pk) = 1.2 kg/m2
• 4mm (150 shts/pk) = 1.6 kg/m2
• 5mm (120 shts/pk) = 2.1 kg/m2
• 6mm (100 shts/pk) = 2.5 kg/m2
• 8mm (75 shts/pk) = 3.3 kg/m2
• 9mm (66 shts/pk) = 3.7 kg/m2
• 10mm (60 shts/pk) = 4.1 kg/m2
• 12mm (50 shts/pk) = 4.9 kg/m2
• 14mm (40 shts/pk) = 5.7 kg/m2
• 15mm (40 shts/pk) = 6.2 kg/m2
• 16mm (37 shts/pk) = 6.6 kg/m2
• 17mm (35 shts/pk) = 7.0 kg/m2
• 18mm (33 shts/pk) = 7.4 kg/m2

• 19mm (31 shts/pk) = 7.8 kg/m2
• 20mm (28 shts/pk) = 8.2 kg/m2
• 22mm (24 shts/pk) = 9.0 kg/m2
• 25mm (24 shts/pk) = 10.3 kg/m2
• 28mm (20 shts/pk) = 11.5 kg/m2
• 30mm (20 shts/pk) = 12.3 kg/m2
• 35mm (16 shts/pk) = 14.4 kg/m2
• 38mm (16 shts/pk) = 15.6 kg/m2
• 40mm (15 shts/pk) = 16.4 kg/m2
• 45mm (12 shts/pk) = 18.5 kg/m2
• 50mm (10 shts/pk) = 20.5 kg/m2
• 55mm (9 shts/pk) = 22.6 kg/m2
• 60mm (8 shts/pk) = 24.6 kg/m2

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Environmentally friendly:

Poplar is a quick-growing tree, planted mainly along Italian rivers in order to reinforce dikes and lands with its roots. It lives approximately 10 years, can be easily grown and when cut can be easily substituted by agricultural crops on the same land.

Since it is grown in place of agricultural crops and is quick-growing, the use of poplar as a raw material does not affect the environment in the same way as some other lumbers can, and poplar plywood is therefore a very environmentally friendly product.

Additionally, any part of the log that is not used for plywood veneers is utilised in the manufacture of lightweight chipboard or burned for fuel, in order to reduce wastage to an absolute minimum.

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PEFC & FSC Certification:

Winwood Products is a supplier of FSC certified poplar plywood and/or PEFC certified poplar plywood.

These certification systems allow you to purchase wood-based products safe in the knowledge that they have been sensibly and sustainably managed all along the supply path from when the tree was cut down from the forest, right to the point they arrive with you.

To find out more go to our FAQS

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Other plywood products:

• Ash plywood
• Beech plywood
• Fineline plywood
• Silver fir plywood
• Fire retardant plywood
• Flexible plywood
• Maple plywood
• European oak plywood
• Okoume marine plywood
• Sound reduction plywood

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