Meeting your most demanding performance requirements in plywood while staying cost-effective

 Hoop pine plywood is a very fine and evenly textured wood with a straight grain. Its heartwood is a little darker than sapwood with colour ranging from pale cream to light yellow. Its grain is straight to interlocked with a fine to medium uniform texture. Growth rings are visible but not distinct while the figure is mottled or plain. Hoop pine heartwood has a life expectancy of five years below ground and seven years above it. It machines and turns well with fittings and fastenings and can be easily polished, glued, painted, stained, and finished.



A full hoop pine construction makes for a very stable, workable, and tool-friendly panel. Hoop pine plywood is a popular choice for marine applications, turned objects, furniture, and small capacity wood items. High-grade sawn hoop pine comes with long lengths of clear wood and is a good fit for the upper-end domestic market. It is also used for a variety of non-architectural and non-building purposes such as brushware, musical and drafting instruments.

Treated plywood for outdoor applications

Hoop pine plywood can add natural warmth and elegance to any space. It is available both for interior and exterior applications. For interior applications, hoop pine plywood is pressed at low temperature to obtain a lighter, cleaner, and more even face with excellent edge details. Sapwood of hoop pine is easily treatable with preservatives and can be used for outdoor applications such as fencing, retaining walls and pergolas. For semi-exposed external applications, hoop pine plywood with F17 stress grade and darker shades is better suited.

Birch plywood for high strength and rigidity applications

Birch plywood is another widely used plywood that performs very well in applications demanding high strength and rigidity due to its excellent strength and stiffening properties. The fine-grained birch plywood is commonly used for home improvement projects such as cabinets, shelves, and desks. It comes with a nice pale finish that adds a touch of elegance to the finished product. Birch plywood is available in thickness ranging from 0.25 inches to 1.5 inches that can be fastened with machine implements such as nail guns or drills.

Birch-faced plywood is used in many woodworking applications including playground equipment, wall and floor coverings, and musical instruments. Three or more layers of birch wood are bonded together with a strong adhesive to make birch plywood. These layers could consist of Crimson Frost, Canoe, European White, Young’s Weeping Birch, Heritage River, etc. Each layer is oriented with the grains running alternately to each piece below it. This arrangement helps in reducing shrinkage and increases strength of the finished product. While the same variety of birch is usually used to create plywood, various varieties can be mixed and matched depending upon the application use.

Hoop and birch plywood have a well-established market

Hoop pine plywood and birch plywood have a well-established market and are in demand all over Australia and overseas.

Matilda Veneer offers the best quality hoop pineplywood and birch plywood sourced from sustainable, plantation-grown forests. Matilda Veneer sources technically superior raw material and produces lighter and economical components without any loss of rigidity for your projects. Matilda Veneer uses low maintenance, slip and wear-resistant finishes Io meet the most demanding performance requirements while remaining cost-effective. 

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