Jul 09, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. The Engineered Wood Association (Tacoma, WA) announced that Thompson River Veneer
Products Ltd., Kamloops, British Columbia, has been approved for membership by the APA Board of Trustees. The company has been operating as a dry veneer supplier and plywood producer since 2006. According to APA it is the fourth Canadian plywood manufacturer to join APA in 2014. The transition to APA membership is effective August 1, 2014.

“We are pleased to include Thompson River Veneer Products in our growing family of Canadian plywood producers,” said Ed Elias, APA President. “We’re working with them now as they transition over to APA’s quality auditing program, and we look forward to extending the full suite of APA’s services.”

Engineered Wood Association - founded in 1933 and based in Tacoma, Washington, APA represents approximately 160 plywood, oriented strand board, glulam timber, wood I-joist, Rim Board and structural composite lumber mills throughout the U.S. and Canada. Its primary functions are quality auditing and testing, applied research, and market support and development