Columbia's Formaldehyde-free Lyptus Hardwood Plywood Named A Finalist In "Best of Year" Product Design Competition

Greensboro, NC - Columbia Forest Products has teamed up with Weyerhaeuser to deliver a new range of exclusive looks featuring one of the most exciting veneers on the market. Introducing Lyptus® Hardwood Plywood with PureBond® formaldehyde-free technology.

The collection begins with twelve custom-composed veneer faces arranged by color and available in rustic, clear and butcher block looks. All are offered in long plank and short plank options, and offer a new level of design flexibility with added fabrication and finishing benefits.

Product Design Accolades
The Lyptus collection was named a "Finalist" in the Innovations Category of the Interior Design magazine's "Best of Year" product design award this past December.

Visual Success Through Design
These Lyptus veneer faces are composed "tight side out," which assures easy and consistent finishing, free from the "barber pole" effect that can occur with book matched veneer.

These premium lumber-look Lyptus designs were hand-selected to provide an additional assurance of visual success. The natural graining characteristics are randomly distributed throughout the panel faces - a feature we call "consistent inconsistency."

This enables components cut from one or more separate panels to harmoniously blend together when mixed in a finished project. No more shop waste due to "forced" matching of doors, for example. And an easier time down the road if replacements or additions are required.

In addition, traditional quarter sawn and plain sliced Lyptus veneers are also available, to round out the collection.

Indoor Environmental Benefits
But don't forget - what you can't see matters, too. This includes the soy-based, formaldehyde-free PureBond® technology we use to make Lyptus hardwood plywood. It's a good idea for the Columbia Forest Products mills, in fabrication shops and in their customers' interiors.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Lyptus®?
Lyptus® is the trademarked name for the processing of a naturally occurring hybrid of two eucalyptus species. These Urograndis trees are grown on managed plantations in South America.

Lyptus veneer is available in both plain sliced and quarter sliced, offering a unique look for any project.

Lyptus plywood offers the warmth and beauty of a natural veneer surface with a variety of core options. It is a high quality choice for many high-end applications including cabinetry, furniture and store fixtures as it sands well providing an excellent surface to accept oil and water-based finishes.

Is Lyptus environmentally preferred?
Lyptus® veneer and lumber products come from non-genetically modified, plantation-grown trees which grow quickly and may be harvested within 14-16 years of planting.

What core types are available?
Lyptus plywood is available in a variety of core options including veneer core, MDP and particleboard. Specific cores are manufactured with PureBond® formaldehyde-free technology. Many panels meet CARB Phase 2 emissions standards.

Features & Benefits

• Aesthetics. Lyptus® is beautiful and comparable to mahogany and cherry in appearance with a fine grain, dramatic figure and rich color.

• Exotic. With three distinct color sorts, Lyptus offers the inherent graining and colorations found only in the most beautiful of exotic hardwoods.

• Environmental. Lyptus® has a density similar to ash or hickory with a look similar to genuine mahogany, with a cherry color. It machines, sands and finishes well.

• Properties. Lyptus has a density similar to ash and hickory with a look similar to genuine mahogany, with a cherry color. It machines, sands and finishes well.

•Value. Even while being an environmentally practical species, Lyptus® is priced favorably compared against many traditional veneers.

About Columbia Forest Products
Founded in 1957, Columbia Forest Products is North America's largest manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer, a leader in sustainable forestry, and innovator of formaldehyde-free PureBond technology.

Columbia's decorative interior veneers and panels are used in cabinetry, furniture, architectural millwork and commercial fixtures. Employee-owned and based in Greensboro, North Carolina, Columbia employs more than 2,000 and operates facilities throughout the United States and Canada, and an operational network which spans the globe.

About Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Company began more than 100 years ago with 900,000 acres of timberland, three employees and a small office in Tacoma, Washington. Our company's namesake, Frederick Weyerhaeuser, and our original investors were forest industry experts who contributed capital and, perhaps more important, their experience, reputations and values to the new business.

Forestry expertise and commitment to values has held Weyerhaeuser in good stead for more than a century. Today we own or manage 8.7 million hectares of timberland with offices or operations in 18 countries. Weyerhaeuser markets and sells products carrying Aracruz Produtos de Madeira's registered trademark for Lyptus® products.

For more information, visit www.columbiaforestproducts.com or
email cfpmarketing@columbiaforestproducts.com.
For more information regarding Lyptus lumber, flooring and other products visit www.lyptus.com.