This classification includes establishments primarily engaged in producing commercial softwood veneer and plywood from veneer produced in the same establishment or from purchased veneer.
SIC 2436 applies to SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD.
NAICS 321212 applies to Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing.
The Bureau of the Census reported the value of output for the plywood and veneer (softwood) manufacturing industry as $4.4 billion for 2001. The demand for veneer and plywood depends on the construction industry.
There are several types of veneer plywood available in the market, including hardwood plywood, softwood plywood, decorative plywood, and marine plywood. Each type has specific characteristics and uses based on the type of wood veneer used in its construction.
The industry has been challenged by the cost of complying with the growing environmental regulation of indoor pollutants.
Veneer plywood is a type of plywood that is made by layering thin sheets of wood veneer together with adhesive. It is different from traditional plywood in that veneer plywood has a thin layer of decorative wood veneer on the surface, giving it a more polished and finished appearance compared to traditional plywood, which typically has a plain or rough surface.
Softwood veneer is made by cross-laminating veneers, such as pine, spruce, fir, and hemlock.
Many Layers of Veneer make plywood. Veneer is solid wood and its only .020- .040 of an inch think.
Plywood is essentially cheap veneer.
Nearly 48 percent of veneer and plywood output goes to construction, mainly residential.
There are both softwood plywoods (made from either Southern yellow pine or Douglas fir) and hardwood plywoods. Hardwood plywood comes in four types: poplar plywood, which is poplar all the way through; MDF core, which has veneers of hardwood glued to the faces of MDF; veneer core, which is poplar plywood with veneers of higher-cost hardwoods glued to the faces; and marine hardwood, which is high-strength hardwood all the way through. The last one is very expensive, and hard to find.
Hardwood veneer and plywood makers employed nearly 24,000 workers in 2000