Olympic Panel
Products is the largest and most advanced manufacturer
of overlaid plywood in North America. With
over 60 years of production and field application
know-how, Olympic's panels have earned the
reputation for being the finest overlay plywood
panels produced in North America. OPP
has the broadest product offering available
and it is the market share leader in overlaid
plywood. The manufacturing facility, located
on a 25 acre site in Shelton, WA, is the single
largest overlay plywood manufacturing facility
under a single roof in the world.
Manufacturing: The manufacturing process
includes the peeling Douglas fir and Hemlock
veneer, drying of the veneer through one of
4 veneer dryers, lay-up and pressing through
one of three hot presses, plus an extensive
finishing department, which includes a panel
sander and film press for the production of
Two Step ® high quality overlay panels. The
plant, which overlays 95% of its 160 million
square feet of panel production (3/8” basis),
employs Continuous Process Monitoring (CPM)
in all manufacturing processes, to ensure consistent
product quality and performance.
Products: OPP offers the most diverse
selection of overlaid plywood panels. Production
panel sizes are 4' x 8' to 10' and 5' X 8'
to 10' (MDO 1-side otherwise scarfed panel),
with longer scarfed lengths, up to 12', available.
Overlay types include: cross-linked resin
systems (CBF), Phenolic surface film (PSF),
Phenolic impregnated high density (HDO) and
medium density (MDO) overlays, decorative polyester
and fiberglass overlays and Urethane-acrylic
coated, cross-linked and UV cured panels. Panels
are manufactured in a one-step or two-step
process and overlaid on one or two working
faces, with backing available on one-sided
panels. |
