Production of floor base (9.0-11.5 mm thick/3x6) is 50,000 sheets a month since last August, which is almost double of former production. It targets to make it 100,000 sheets a month in near future by improvement of the facility.
With declining housing starts and demand for structural materials, the company intends to develop market of softwood plywood to non structural product.
To increase floor base production, the first plant introduced semi automatic veneer setter and joint machine for 6 feet long veneer in July. The second floor plant renewed sticker facility of floor base and MDF. Newly introduced are two cold press and one adhesive roll coater.
Akita Plywood is the largest plywood manufacturing company and its consumption of cedar logs is about 40,000 cubic metres a month for three plants. Its softwood floor base plywood is made of Hokkaido fir for face and back with cedar core. Thin MDF is used as cushion between floor base and surface materials of floor.
