AraucoPly panels offer

• Versatility
• Strength with Lighter Weight
• High Quality Panel Construction

• Light Uniform Color and

Easy Workability
Quality Forever

We control every step of the process.

Arauco is the leading forestry company in South America and one of the world’s largest
forest products companies in terms of plantation holdings, kraft pulp, lumber, and panel
production. This accomplishment has been achieved through its extensive forest
resources, extensive industrial facilities within Chile, Argentina and Brazil, and through
its world-wide sales offices located in Europe, Asia, México, Perú, Argentina, Brazil and
the United States.

Forestry Resources

Arauco owns and manages 1,873,000 acres of plantations across South America. Our
vast, fast growing timberlands give the company important competitive advantages in
today’s demanding global market for wood products.

Environmental Protection

All of Arauco’s production facilities and timberlands are managed in an environmentally

responsible manner which acknowledges the critical importance of Sustainable Forest
Management and its impact on future generations.
All of Arauco´s forestry activities have been ISO 14001 certified and our plantations are
certified under the CERTFOR standard, which is homologous to the PEFC standard.

Nursery

Arauco has made major strategic investments in forestry research in order to maximize
the quality, productivity and yield from its plantations.
Arauco´s laboratories, nurseries and greenhouses experiment with technologies to make
improvements that are applied to the more than 45 million seedlings planted each year.

Sustainable Plantations

Aware of the long term importance of its timberland resources, Arauco follows a
sustainable forest management policy. This policy ensures that Arauco will always have
a reliable, high quality wood fiber supply for its high quality products.

Plywood Mills

In 1995 Arauco decided to enter the Plywood manufacturing business and began
construction of a new plant, which started production in 1997. Located in Arauco’s
Horcones Industrial Complex, panels are produced in different grades for appearance,
structural, forming, and multipurpose uses for many diverse applications.

Towards the end of 2000, a second production line was added to the Horcones mill
which increased total annual capacity to 356.000 m3.

In 2003, Arauco started construction on a new plywood mill located in its Nueva Aldea
industrial-forestry complex in Chile’s VIII Region. Capacity will be 210.000 m3 per year
in its first stage. The plant started operations as planned in November of 2004.
Versatility

The use of AraucoPly is limited only by your imagination. It is equally suited to

exterior and interior applications, from road signs to furniture and an entire spectrum
of manufactured items. Strong, durable and cost effective, it is an ideal solution for
a wide range of applications.
AraucoPly panels are laid up with phenolic resin, providing exceptional strength,
adhesion and moisture resistance.

Strength

Strength coupled with light weight is obtained thanks to the attributes of Arauco´s
improved, plantation grown Radiata Pine wood.
AraucoPly manufacturing uses the latest available equipment and technology in
peeling, drying, composing, pressing, trimming and sanding of plywood.

High Quality

AraucoPly consistently exceeds industry quality standards for plywood manufacturing.

Our panels feature composed cores, with minimal core gaps and overlaps and high
quality face veneers with minimal repairs. All sanded panels are finished with a 150
grit sanding for an extra smooth face.

Light Uniform Color and Easy Workability

AraucoPly offers the highest level of workability on the market, lower weight, lower
wood resin content and better machinability.
Solidness and light color of faces makes it ideal for staining and other surface
finishing.
Furniture AraucoPly is manufactured from
and Joinery intensively managed plantation grown
logs that are pruned to maximize their
yield of high grade veneers. These
veneers are used in the production of
Siding and AraucoPly is also available as a
Beaded Panels premium siding and beaded panel.
Whether it is construction of walls or
ceilings, perhaps the creation of a piece
of furniture, AraucoPly not only offers
the highest-grade face but also has the
added benefit of being structurally
Construction AraucoPly is the fast, efficient and
Applications durable solution for sheathing, roofing
and flooring needs, staircases and
interior fitting, for residential timber
frame construction as well as industrial
structures. Its inherent strength and
rigidity provides maximum bracing and
also makes it a stable subfloor for
Industrial AraucoPly is manufactured with limited
Applications core gaps and overlaps, making it ideal
for the toughest of industrial situations.
It is well suited for truck bodies, trailers,
decks, pallet bins and other applications
where safety and strength are important
paint grade and stain grade panels for
the furniture, cabinet and DIY industries.
sound plywood. Main Beaded uses are
for interior paneling, wainscoting and
porch ceilings. AraucoPly decorative
panels also perform well in exterior
non-exposed applications since they
are constructed with phenolic resin and
meet PS1 criteria for exterior plywood.
quality interior finishes, such as
ceramic, tile and parquets as well as
vinyls and carpets. It also provides a
strong, stiff and lightweight support for
construction formwork. Whether with
clear or regular solid faces, it is a
convenient solution for concrete
forming walls, floors, roofs, frames
and civil engineering structures.
considerations. The clear, solid faces
make it also ideal for high-pressure
lamination.
Product Information
Appearance Description Suggested Plywood Suggested
Applications Plywood Grade

Panel Faces
An Grade
High quality solid face. Furniture. AnAn, AnC
Synthetic repairs not permitted. Cabinetry.
Boat type wood patches not permitted. Paneling (Bead Panel).
Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.

A Star Grade
High quality solid face. Concrete Forming. AC, ACp
Synthetic repairs not permitted. Staircase.
Boat type wood patches accepted up to 6. Counter Tops.
Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed. General Industrial Applications
Cabinets, Furniture.

A Grade
High quality solid face. Staircase. AA, AB, AC, ACp
Synthetic repairs are accepted up to 6. Table Tops, Counter Tops.
Boat type wood patches permitted up to 6. Base panel for high-pressure lamination.
Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed. General Industrial Applications
Cabinets, Furniture.
Underlayment.

B Star Grade
High quality solid face. Underlayment. BB, BC
Synthetic repairs not permited. Exterior Roughsiding.
Boat type wood patches accepted up to 6.
Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.
Occasional tight knots up to 31/32”
wide are accepted.

B Grades
High quality solid veneer. Available as
Synthetic repairs are accepted up to 8. Panel Back.
Boat type wood patches accepted up to 6.
Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.
Occasional tight knots up to 31/32” wide are accepted

Panel Backs
Cp Grade
Regular solid veneer. Available as
Open defects are not accepted. Panel Back.
All types of repairs are accepted.
Tight knots up to 1”-19/32” wide are permitted.

C Grade
Regular veneer. Available as
Open defects are accepted up to 31/32” Panel Back.
Tight and unsoud knots up to 1” -19/32” wide are
permitted.

Following grade combinations are available: A/A, A/B, A/C, A/Cp, An/An, An/C, B/B, B/C.
Types Profiles and Textures Grades Available Surfaces Dimensions

Square Edges
Faces T: 1/4”, 11/32”, 15/32”,
Solid Faces An, A Star, A, B Star, B 19/32”, 23/32”, 31/32”.
L: 4´, 4.1´.
S, TS, US, RGH W: 8´- 8.2´.

Backs
An, A, B Star, B, Cp, C

Edge Machinings
Faces T: 19/32”, 23/32”.
T&G A, B L: 8´.
LW: 4´.
S, TS
Backs
C

Faces T: 11/32”, 15/32”,

A, A Star, B Star. 19/32”, 23/32”.
L: 8´.
Backs S, TS LW: 4´.
C

Surface Groovings

Specialty Faces T: 11/32”, 15/32”, 19/32”.

An, A Star, B Star L: 8´.
Siding W: 4´.
S, RGH Profile: 4”, 6”, 8”, 12”OC
Backs
C

Bead & Faces T: 11/32”Bead,

V-Groove An, A Star 15/32” V-Groove.
S L: 8´.
Backs W: 4´.
C Profile: 2”, 4”OC

S: Sanded Surface (grit used up to 150, low thickness tolerance). T: Thickness

TS: Touch Sanded Surface (grit used up to 100, calibrated thickness). L: Length
US: Unsanded. W: Width
RGH: Rough Sawn (rustic appearance, calibrated thickness). LW: Laid Width

A tolerance on the specifield thickness of +- 0,40 mm is assured for sanded grades.

A tolerance on the specifield length and width of plus zero and minus 1.6 mm is assured.
A tolerance in squareness and straightness of 1 mm per meter in assured.
 Structural and Dimensional Properties
Nominal Thickness Number of Plies Face Thickness Average Weight

Inches inches Ib/sqft

1/4” 3 1/10” 0,7
11/32” 3 1/8” 1,0
15/32” 5 1/10” 1,3
19/32” 5 1/8” 1,7
23/32” 7 1/10” 2,0
31/32” 9 1/8” 2,8

Nominal MOR MOE MOR MOE Panels per

Thickness // 1 // 1 // 1 // 1 Pallets
Inches N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 PSI PSI PSI PSI

1/4” 79,2 16,4 7,883 722 11.448 2.375 1.2143.312 104.694 140
11/32” 73,1 14,0 7,325 693 10.605 2.030 1.062.327 100.523 108
15/32” 76,9 35,4 7,982 2.823 11.153 5.133 1.157.683 409.349 80
19/32” 62,4 36,9 6,901 2.933 9.044 5.356 1.000.884 425.327 65
23/32” 58,2 38,8 6,478 3.433 8.439 5.621 939.542 497.863 54
31/32” 54,4 32,9 7,291 2.934 7.889 4.775 1.057.460 425.56 39
Note: Weight is messured considering a density of 540 kg/m3 at 8% moisture content.
Strength values were obtained following European EN 310 standard.

Span Rating
Nominal Panel Span Maximum Span Allowable Live Loads
Thickness Rating (inches) (psf)
(mm) (inches) (inches) With Without Spacing of Supports Center to Center
Edge Edge
Support Support 12 16 19,2 24 32 40 48 54 60
9 11/32 24/0 24 20 190 100 60 30 - - - - -
Sheathing Span

12 15/32 32/16 32 28 - 180 120 70 30 - - - -

15 19/32 40/20 40 32 - - 205 130 60 30 - - -
18 13/16 48/24 48 36 - - - 175 95 45 35 - -
25 1 54/32 54 40 - - - - 130 75 50 35 -

15 19/32 20 OC 32 32 270 150 100 60 30 - - - -

Floor Span

18 23/32 24 OC 48 36 - 240 160 100 50 30 25 - -

25 1 32 OC 48 40 - - 295 185 100 60 40 - -

Note: The allowable spans were determined using a dead load of 10 psf. If the dead load exceeds 10 psf then the live load shall be reduced
accordingly. To consider this data, panels shall be a minimum of 24 inches (600mm) wide.
Product Certifications
PS1 - 95
All grade stamped AraucoPly panels are manufactured according to criteria established in the
US PS1-95 standard.

The plywood qualifies for TECO grade stamping under voluntary product standard PS1-95 and may
be of any grade, from AA through to CD, including those ones for structural uses (except concrete
form, marine grade or Structural 1 grade)

All plywood is subjected to the TECO method of continuous testing by a qualified TECO certified
technician located permanently in the mill. Plywood bearing the TECO grade stamp and designated
PS1-95 is subjected to ongoing testing as required by PS1-95. PS1-95 is subjected to
ongoing testing as required by PS1-95.

CE EN 13986
Wilhelm Klauditz Institut in Germany has tested plywood manufactured by Arauco and certified
that it meets the technical standard DIN 68705-3: 1981-12 and authorized the use of the symbol
U in the product stamping (BFU-100).

JAS

Japan Plywood Inspection Corporation approved Paneles Arauco S.A. to produce JAS-Certified
plywood, used for main load-bearing parts of construction, under the law concerning Standardization
and Proper Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry Product.

Forest Certifications
Today, all wood used in AraucoPly production comes from company owned plantations that are
ISO 14001 certified. This guarantees that all forestry operations are carried out in an environmentally
responsible manner.

Moreover, in order to ensure compliance with company policies, Arauco subscribes to Sustainable
Forest Management under the PEFC® standard, the Pan-European Forest Council seal.
Arauco Wood Products, Inc.
5901 B Peachtree Dunwoody Rd. NE
Suite 500 - Atlanta, Ga 30328 USA
Telephone: 770 350 1659
Fax: 770 350 1658
E-Mail: awp@arauco.cl
www.arauco.com

www.araucoply.com