SFI's 2021 TigerPLY™ Catalog

SFI SHELTER FOREST I N T E R N AT I O N A L

2021 ®

CATALOG Featuring The World’s Finest Plywood

v.01 January 2021

TigerPLY™ is the world’s nest plywood, designed and engineered with our planet’s most sustainable resources

However, over the years, it has become something more than that. Shelter Forest International (SFI) has evolved beyond the simple de nition of what TigerPLY™ is; our products embody what a high performing panel should be — plywood with unparalleled standards of quality engineered to exacting speci cations utilizing environmentally sustainable resources.

Perfecting TigerPLY™ over the past decade and a half has left the stamp of reliability on our most demanding customers and garnered a strong respect across the industry. Resisting the temptation to fall into the commodity trap, we always strive to go above and beyond the average, producing panels and nding solutions that never stray from our strict standards of high performance, reliability, and consistency. TigerPLY™ has, in essence, come to signify one word: Certainty.

The very certainty the TigerPLY™ brand has come to exemplify has lent itself to SFI’s continued navigation in an ever-changing industry. The con dence in our brand, combined with our engineering and quality control teams, has afforded SFI the opportunity to establish manufacturing through ownership, joint venture or management contracts with a group of facilities across the globe which produce TigerPLY™ at standards that continue to push the upper limits of technology and innovation.

Locations of new TigerPLY™ facilities have been meticulously chosen for their proximity and integration with the world’s most productive forestry. These partnerships with the adjacency to these facilities and resources have set new standards in ef ciencies, enabling us to raise the benchmark yet again with the highest quality in the industry.

Over the last few years, we replicated what was a multi-year pursuit of a streamlined, world-class manufacturing model and fused this across our globe-spanning partnerships.

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Sustainability & A Changing World Our TigerPLY™ “certainty”, however; extends beyond the high quality of our product. The resources utilized in manufacturing TigerPLY™ products highlight a new level of environmental responsibility, as we believe the “3 S’s” of silviculture, stewardship and sustainability are core components of a successful 21st Century environmental strategy. Education and information sharing with our partners, transparent and rigid compliance practices, and an “eyes-on” approach to our global supply chain are keys to providing our down-channel customers the certainty their products are being sustainably sourced and leaving a positive impact on future generations.

Challenges have their obstacles, but a willingness to think outside the box will always yield new opportunities.

Our ever-expanding manufacturing base has seen parallel growth in our marketing and distribution channels over the past year. SFI now has distribution networks in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, China, Australia, and New Zealand, with plans to expand to more continents in the coming years.

2020 has presented unique and unprecedented challenges for global supply chains. The extraordinarily exible and adaptable nature of our business model has enabled us to not only weather this storm and continue to meet demand, but actually come out stronger as we pivot to 2021.

As we continue to push the boundaries of technology and new product development, we salute the early visionaries in the 19th century, both international and domestic, who saw the vast potential of plywood.

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TigerPLY™ Applications & Plywood Nomenclature Much confusion has been evident in recent years regarding industry jargon, plywood applications, overlapping and seemingly contradictory de nitions, and substitutability of product.

The primary use of TigerPLY™ has always been focused on high-end, industrial applications. TigerPLY™ is produced and designed with several combinations of core and face species. Producing high-performance panels demand a strict focus on core engineering. SFI’s efforts have established new benchmarks in the industry.

Some of our panels, such as our TigerPLY™ Marine Grade, RX Core and Euro Poplar “EDGE”, are among the world’s top performing panels. To achieve such high performance we use only the highest grade of plantation grown hardwoods for the core veneer. These core veneers are processed in some of the newest and most modern plywood mills utilizing ultra-high compression with the most advanced resins. Complementing a highlyreliant, carefully calibrated core, the face species used for industrial panels is carefully chosen for consistency in color and texture. Attributes customers nd necessary for nishing or laminating applications. Low color variation of the face species minimizes alteration of a nish coating. This is especially important regarding white or light colors of paint or lamination materials. Texture is also important in the preparation of the surface for these applications, as the end goal is to ensure a nished panel does not telegraph imperfections or rough grain to the surface coatings. Thus, the faces need to be chosen for performance, good bonding potential, and tight tolerance levels for secondary manufacturing. TigerPLY™ Industrial panels are generally optioned with Birch, Pine, Poplar, or Okoume, species generally consistent in color and texture, and available from sustainable sources, such as plantations and tree farms.

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So what is Industrial Plywood?

Industrial Plywood has been around for decades, serving as a key resource to the US industrial and commercial industries for several generations. One of the main characteristics of an industrial panel is a hardwood core, maximizing panel performance. These industrial panels have become more important to the market with the evolution and proliferation of new machinery such as high-speed CNC routers that demand ever-rising standards of quality in panel performance. In turn, these increasing demands have led to more complex global supply chains, as the hardwood ber necessary for commercial production of industrial plywood is generally found outside the US. Therefore, the majority of industrial plywood is imported to the US. Some of the plywood historically recognized in this category are: • Russian Birch (Baltic Birch).

• Luan or Lauan - This includes a large number of tropical species that are harvested from Oceania regions.

• China Birch - Although China imported the majority of the Birch from Russia, it typically utilized a fast-growing plantation Poplar for the core, producing a more cost competitive panel to Russian Birch.

• Okoume (Marine Plywood) - Typically produced in Europe with

veneers sourced from Africa.

Structural Plywood is generally produced in high-speed production facilities throughout the world with softwood veneers and waterproof (exterior, phenolic) resins. These panels are used for a wide range of applications, but typically utilize softwood veneers, with a focus on construction. Softwoods are grown in the US and around the world. Structural plywood is manufactured domestically, and also imported for US Markets.

Decorative Plywood is a special category with a focus on applications such as high-end furniture and cabinetry. This Decorative plywood is designed and produced speci cally with non-coniferous North American Hardwoods, unparalleled in the world for its value in appearance with fancy hardwood faces such as Red Oak, Maple, Cherry, Walnut, etc. These species are prized by designers and architects for their color, character, texture, etc.

The advantage to the craftsman is the value of utilizing this decorative fancy plywood instead of solid hardwood. This lowers the cost to the craftsman, as only a fraction of the hardwood is required to face the plywood. These panels are produced domestically with an inner core of low cost, nonperforming softwood. The vast majority of decorative plywood consumed in the North American markets is produced in the United States.

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Developing revolutionary products often requires abandoning standard industry practices and starting from scratch.

Shelter Forest International’s management team has spent the last decade designing and engineering the processes to build the worlds nest plywood.

SFI’s management team has been researching and developing the newest, most advanced equipment to manufacture TigerPly. Utilizing the newest technology in core composition along with heavy-duty hot presses and calibrated sanding, TigerPly has set new industry standards for Industrial Plywood. This high-tech facility enables SFI to produce a high performance engineered core suited for the global manufactures needs.

SFI’s production model has been so successful it has become the benchmark used for all of SFI’s / TigerPLY™ manufacturing facilities, partnerships, and joint ventures worldwide.

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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN TigerPLYâ„¢ Distribution Canada

Europe

United States

Australia

Mexico

New Zealand China

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2021 - Shelter Forest International - Map of Operations

Corporate Offices - Portland, Oregon USA

Trading / Logistics & Support Offices

Plywood Mills (Owned, JV, & Contract Mills)

Resources Areas ( Plantations, Concessions, etc)

Port Facilities with Warehousing and Distribution

TigerPLY™ Production Africa Gabon

Asia China

Taiwan

Indonesia Vietnam

Europe

South America

Latvia

Brazil

Turkey

Ecuador

Malaysia

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AFRICA Okoume - Marine & Industrial Plywood Over the previous two years, SFI has spearheaded a mass effort to develop, nurture, and build a robust product offering out of Gabon.

In 2018 we introduced an all-new TigerPlyÂŽ Marine Grade Plywood to the North American market. This product, and the myriad efforts that went into producing it, were some of our proudest achievements to date. It has been enthusiastically welcomed by distributors and numerous master craftsmen who have enjoyed working with the whole piece, highly stable and lightweight Okoume.

Just as rewarding as the product and market development has been our experiences with Gabon, and its people that we've been able to share with our customers. From meetings with village elders in the most remote stretches of the country to lunches with Forestry Ministry personnel in vibrant Libreville to getting stuck in the jungles while auditing the logging operations, our time on the ground is never uneventful.

Yet, just as importantly, we have witnessed numerous infrastructure projects, continuous job creation, and further industrial developments in the forestry sector over the past two years. These positive economic developments on the forestry front are occurring alongside parallel efforts of environmental and ecological conservation. Gabon's leadership in forest management incorporates conservation plans, vast networks of protected national parks, and a 2022 deadline for nationwide FSC certi cation. This is part of the integrated framework that will ensure Gabon's precious natural resource will be protected for generations to come.

In September 2018, President H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba took this giant leap forward of ensuring sustainability by targeting 2022 as the year all concessions would need to be FSC certi ed.

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Following in January 2020, the Gabonese Minister of Water and Forests, Professor Lee White, signed a cooperation agreement with FSC, stating, "I am convinced that FSC certi cation will help forestry companies at all levels to improve their practices in this sector. It will also represent a marketing asset for the sale of their products, as buyers will be con dent that Gabonese timber products are not from illegal logging." SFI has worked diligently in conjunction with government authorities, NGOs, and responsible stakeholders to not only improve sustainability measures within Gabon, but also to boost the country's global reputation.

In 2019 SFI introduced a partnership with StarPly to build the continent's premier plywood mill. Throughout 2020, we supplied industry-leading lamination-grade panels to several of our closest customers. StarPly's success story garnered international media attention. In addition to our exclusive partnership for the North American market, they have expanded their reach throughout Europe and the Middle East.

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StarPly is already FSC-certi ed, has attained CE2+ for export to the EU, and, lastly, achieved KOMO certi cation, possibly the world's most stringent and highly-regarded quality standard.

The continuous strain on resources in other regions of the world was one of the primary drivers behind our initial ventures into Gabon. Our mill partnerships were born from our analysis of the resource availability, coupled with the aforementioned forestry management practices and sustainability measures being undertaken.

StarPLY • Est 201

In the spring of 2021 we are excited to introduce our next venture in Gabon, one of which will see the development of two additional mills out tted speci cally to produce thin panels.

SFI always knew that the size and diameter of Okoume logs would be ideal for thinner panels, mimicking how these panels used to be made in Southeast Asia. Yet, putting all the pieces together to bring a project like this to fruition has been a challenging endeavor. We are con dent the panels we will be introducing to the market in 2021 will meet the most exacting industry standards. Given the singular composition characteristics - whole piece cores, uniform species, etc. - will be unparalleled in the marketplace.

Up to 40mm press capacity

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Araucaria (Hoop Pine) A prominent feature of Queensland and the Brisbane suburban skyline, Araucaria is known locally as Hoop Pine due to the unique hoops of bark that grow on the trunk. Interestingly, this timber resource was the rst exported product of the 19th century settlements in the area.

Our recent travels throughout the Araucaria plantations and forests of Queensland highlighted ef cient logging operations coupled with the mentioned forest management practices. Afore, Our partnership with Hancock Queensland Plantation (HQP) to introduce this species to the Global market highlights another success story of SFI’s vertically integrated global supply chains.

As with any project of this scale many obstacles had to be overcome. Joint efforts between SFI and HQP’s on-the-ground operations team as well as the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries helped eliminate many of the barriers encountered in our initial trial period and, over time, have yielded outstanding results which we’ve been proud to share with some of our select customers.

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BRAZIL Brazilian Elliottis Pine: 60 Years of Plantation Management The dissemination of forest plantations with the Pine genus in southern Brazil was initially under local government incentives, which implied the granting of resources to speci c areas with less productive potential.

Pine silviculture in southern Brazil was a process instituted by the country’s development strategy in the 60s and 70s. The plantation forests support a production chain that is fundamental to the Brazilian economy. Although some species of the Pine genus are considered invasive exotics, they contribute environmentally, socially, and economically to the development of Brazil's southern region, given the characteristics of the planting and management process coupled with the production of a sustainable, renewable resource.

In fact, sustainable forest management supported by technological and genetic development is one of the Brazilian sector's global competitiveness pillars to ensure the country's notable ranking among the top pulp, plywood, and paper producers worldwide.

The use and application of Pine wood over the past three decades have grown substantially, forming a fundamental component of a booming sector of the Brazilian economy.

One of the main species of Pine planted in southern Brazil that SFI has included in the 2021 Catalog is Elliottis Pine due to its excellent adaptability to South Brazilian conditions. The Elliottis pine panels have proven to be a solid performer for our line of Structural and Industrial panels.

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The Amazon forest is one of the largest suppliers of tropical native timber to the world market. However, considering a new trade and the environmental scenario that has been delineated for our planet and the worldwide pressures to preserve the Amazon rainforest, the forest planted with native species of fast growth in northern Brazil has proven a viable economical alternative. Among the many species, the Paricá (Schizolobium amazonicum) is one of the most promising.

Native to the Amazon biome, Paricá is a fast-growing tree that has been winning the industry of Mato Grosso.

The species, which is also known as “PINHO CUIABANO”, has a good potential in wood supply compared to eucalyptus, a tree of Australian origin commonly used in reforestation. Recently, paricá has been used to recover degraded pasture areas in the Amazon region, assisting immensely with nitrogen xation and soil fertility. It has also been recommended for this purpose on land degraded by mining activity over the decades. Its uses are multitudinous in the region – it is a tree that can be grown with other agricultural crops such as coffee or cocoa in the rst three years of planting, generating extra income for the producer.

Unlike the foreign species, Paricá does not have branches in the rst seven meters of the trunk, which provides better-quality veneers without knots or holes. Paricá presents basic wood density between 0.25 and 0.40 g/cm³ and is considered a light wood, having a thick to medium texture that is ideal for the production of plywood veneers.

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Parica - An Emerging Environmental Triumph in Brazilian Silvicultur

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CHINA Poplar TigerPLY™ continues to secure plantation Poplar as one of our long-term sustainable resources. One of those resources is the ShenSen Forestry Development Company.

It’s probably no accident that change is embedded in the word challenge. Growth is clearly among the most challenging changes in this or any era. As the population increases, demands rise and industry is constantly retooling to meet the needs of its customers. Along the way we cannot forget the frailty of our resources. We remember that the environment is losing its ability to support and sustain the growing global population, in no small part due to the very needs that this population requires.

Sometimes it seems like there is no solution, and sometimes, a heart-warming story emerges that restores our faith in mankind.

In the development of our TigerPLY family of products we were presented with an opportunity to join a visionary environmental initiative, and we're honored to participate.

TigerPLY’s supply partnership with one of the Original United Nations (UN) Plantation projects in Shandong Province, Northern China. This plantation is one of the key sources of ber for the production of many of the plywood products we supply to our clientele – some of whom are the leaders in big box retail and others who are major suppliers to the cabinet and furniture industries.

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The UN Steps In at Shandon More than 40 years ago, the UN undertook a plantation project in the Shandong region to achieve stabilization of the shifting sand dunes to bring normalcy to the region. The positive impact has been immense.

Today, three decades later, the area has a thriving economy. The plantation started by the UN is now FSC certi ed – a certi cation that did not even exist when the rst trees were planted. The plantation conforms to silvicultural best practices, acknowledged and respected as a model project throughout the world.

A half century ago, the Shandong province faced a bleak future. In fact its very survival was unclear due to the natural calamity it was being subjected to. The UN Plantation Project changed all of that. That is the kind of change we can all embrace. A challenge well met.

By associating with this Plantation today as our supply chain partner, TigerPLY is proud to take this environmental success story forward.

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INDONESIA TigerPLY™ Premium Panels SFI’s work throughout the Indonesian archipelago has yielded some of our most important product developments over the previous year. We have partnered with several major manufacturing entities to bring the quality, reliability and product versatility of birch our customers have grown to expect with the TigerPly® logo.

We are in the nascent stages of a major new manufacturing facility that should come on-line in 2022. Until that time, we plan for a robust, high-quality offering of products in 2021.

Our birch line of products for 2021 will include our new and improved RX® panel, combining the lightweight characteristics of Falcata with the strength of Rubberwood. We will continue to offer a TigerLite® panel for a vast array of lightweight applications.

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TigerLITE™ RX CORE XTR & Lumber Core

Shelter Forest has been extraordinarily cautious throughout the archipelago due to recent reports of illegal logging practice and poor environmental practices. What we have found with our species studies is a number of new species abundantly forested in plantations, preforming quite well with crop rotations of 7-15 years.

These species of Falcata (Albizia), Gabon (Anthocephalus Cadamba) & Rubberwood(Hevea Brasiliensis) can transform Indonesia’s decades old practice of old growth Luan harvest to a much more suitable plantation management ber source. Although this new plantation grown resource does not lend it self the Indonesia’s traditional production of thin panels, It will be an ideal core material for 5.2-18mm panels.

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LATVIA Birch Baltic Birch, often referred to as Russian Birch, has long been praised as some of the most outstanding plywood in the world. And for good reason. Composed entirely of Birch veneer, it combines many of the elements most desired in a plywood panel - an aesthetically pleasing texture and grain pattern, whole piece, nearly void-free core, phenomenal screw-holding potential and strength, and excellent routing capability.

For many years SFI has utilized this unique resource for Birch face veneers used at many of the TigerPLY facilities around the world.

As we move forward into 2021, Shelter Forest and a long-standing partner continue working toward construction of a new, world class plywood mill in Latvia dedicated to producing Birch plywood to SFI’s exacting speci cations. We invite our loyal customer base to stay tuned to near-term developments on this front.

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NEW ZEALAND Radiata Pine The Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) seed was rst introduced in New Zealand as a trial in the 1850’s being imported from California as a replacement for the slower growing native Kauri Pine. The Monterey Pine proved to be an excellent solution for widespread planting. Its ability to not only grow but thrive in a variety of hostile soil types made it ideal for New Zealand’s diverse climate. Under these conditions the Monterey Pine was shown to reach maturity in 28 years, 7 times faster than in its native state of California and 20 times faster than in Canada.

By the rst New Zealand forestry boom of the 1920’s the Monterey Pine had been deemed the species of choice. By the 1930’s relief workers had planted this tree of choice on vast amounts of land, creating the largest plantation forest in the world reaching 188k hectares. Today, various plantation forests can be found in all regions of New Zealand. New Zealand is home to 1.8 million hectares of plantation grown trees (largest in the southern hemisphere), of which 89% are Monterey Pine commonly known as Radiata or “NZ Pine”. NZ Pine is widely sought after due to its high performance and the quality of ber it yields.

This sustainably grown resource provides a balance of strength, weight, and fastening that can be manufactured with consistent quality.

SFI has sourced New Zealand Pine since 2010. The stewardship of this resource is the gold standard in sustainable forest management, utilizing scienti cally scheduled pruning and extraordinarily gentle log handling throughout the harvest cycle.

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TURKEY Poplar One of the more rewarding experiences in recent years has been the response from the thousands of craftsmen around the world who have had the pleasure to work with EDGE. The feedback has been phenomenal, with reports of the game-changing potential of this panel for new designs with High Pressure Laminating (HPL) in industrial furniture, and commercial applications. EDGE empowers craftsman around the world to achieve extraordinary results.

EDGE continues to enhance the experience of artisans who are cutting, shaping, molding, and machining our plywood. We want the quality, the beauty, and the inner strength of this revolutionary product to expand the possibilities and inspire new creations in woodworking, furniture and sculpture that will remain emblematic for generations. “Create. Innovate. Inspire. with EDGE�. This has always been our motto with EDGE, and we are con dent it will continue to be so.

EDGE sets the standard for the ultimate in engineering a sustainable plantation hardwood.

In our 2021 catalog, we are proud to continue to offer this as one of our top performers, and improved ef ciencies will make this product even more readily available.

European Silvicultural measures are among the most admirable in the world, and the success of their poplar plantations have yielded impressive results.

This European sourced plantation grown Poplar is harvested on a 10 year average rotation cycle, yet will outperform competing panels that require longer rotations.

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VIETNAM Acacia In recent years Vietnam has become a powerhouse in the production of commodity veneer core panels. With an explosive growth in capacity, Vietnam is quickly gaining notice from the US Market for low cost panels produced from an abundant supply of fast growing Acacia Hardwood.

Although SFI’s focus has never been tied to the commodity market, we will always strive to offer our customers reliable products in the most competitive markets.

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UNITED STATES Cherry, Maple, Red Oak, Walnut North American Hardwoods have been prized for generations for their warmth and beauty for interior and architectural decoration of furniture and cabinetry. In the 20th century the designers and architects around the world chose species such a Cherry, Maple, Red Oak & Walnut, all of which are unique and abundant in the upper Midwest and New England.

Due to the popularity of these species by some of the top architects we have chosen to use these North American species in our TigerPLY™ Architectural panel catalog.

When the beauty of these veneers are paired with the bench mark performance of TigerPLY™ hardwood cores, you have an unmatched blend of strength and beauty.

All the logs harvested in North America for the TigerPLY™ Architectural panels are done with strict forest management in a selective harvest. These selective harvest practices guarantee a sustainability in silviculture which will be supplying quality veneers for generations to come Small foot print - Due to the process of pealing logs for veneers to be used in the production in plywood, only a small number of the highest quality logs are required to produce many projects, there by conserving these magni cent forests for generations.

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White Maple

Red Oak

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2021 TIGERPLY™ CORE OPTIONS Marine Grade Our Marine Grade is our highest quality panel with 100% Okoume veneer, waterproof resin, 11ply w/ 1.3mm face thickness built for the most demanding marine applications.

Gabon, Africa - 55lbs

EDGE One of our highest performing panels.

Designed for HPL applications with high compression plantation grown European Poplar, and phenolic resins.

Turkey- 55lbs

RX Core - Engineered for performance Our RX Core is engineered with the best of our TigerLITE™, with Rubberwood crossbands for an exceptionally balanced and versatile panel.

Indonesia - 62lbs

TigerLITE™ Ultra lite weight panels, Engineered with strength to weight ratios in mind. Machine c o m p o s e d w i t h 2 s t e p c a l i b ra t e d plantation hardwoods.

Indonesia - 42/52lbs

XTR MDF Crossbands on a plantation grown hardwood core. Perfect for UV

nish,

furniture, cabinet and overlay applications.

Indonesia - 64lbs

#1-Core 13 ply, machine composed Poplar core, with 2 step calibration.

China - 65lbs

Acacia Hardwood Core 13 ply, Our value panel featuring a scarf jointed and composed with two step calibration Vietnam - 70lbs

Elliottis Pine Core 7 ply Ellottis Structural panel, with WBP rated exterior phenolic resin.

Brazil - 65lbs

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GLUE TYPES ANSI ( American National Standards Institute ) categorized glues/ resins into two Type I - A waterproof resin engineered for exterior applications. Able to withstand the more extreme conditions exterior panels are exposed to while maintaining their structural integrity.

Type II - A water resistant resin engineered for interior applications. Must be able to withstand exposure to normal ranges of humidity that can be expected in indoor environments.

TIGERPLY™ GLUE OPTIONS

Phenolic

Melamine

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TITLE IV

DESCRIPTION

CERTIFIED

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Exterior grade, high elasticity, with high bonding strength in extreme conditions, dark/black glue line. High rated MOE. Marine grade waterproof resin with high bonding strength and a clear glue line.

High rated MOR.

E-Zero

II

Yes

Good bonding strength, designed for interior applications with a clear glue line.

E-Zero - Melamine Forti ed

II

Yes

Water resistant resin with great bonding strength and a clear glue line.

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CARB2/ TSCA

FACE SPECIES OPTIONS

White Birch

Red Birch

Optional Species Natural Birch

White Birc Red Birc Natural Birc Cherr White Mapl Okoum Araucaria (Hoop Pine) Radiata Pin White Popla Red Oak / Plain Slice Vertical Grain Popla Walnut

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Cherry

White Maple

Okoume

Araucaria (Hoop Pine)

Radiata Pine

White Poplar

Red Oak

VG Poplar Walnut

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PLYWOOD CATEGORIES

Industrial Plywood

Structural Plywood

Decorative Plywood

Key resource for industrial and commercial industries

Typically produced in highspeed facilities and composed of softwood veneers and waterproof (exterior phenolic) resins

Fancy hardwood veneers such as Red Oak, Maple, Cherry, Walnut, etc.

High performance panels to meet the demands of advanced machinery such as high-speed CNC Routers Requires a global supply chain as the hardwood ber needed for a consistent core is found outside of the U.S.

Lower grade veneers Produced domestically and also imported Uses: Construction

Uses: HPL (high pressure lamination) Paint and Industrial nishes

Agriculture Packaging

RV manufacturing Furniture & cabinet components Marine

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Produced domestically and also imported Uses: High-end furniture Cabinets Architectural components

GRADE & SPEC SHEETS

Typical Grade Representation : Select White Birch

GRADE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS SOUND, PIN KNOTS AND SMALL BURLS COMBINED AVG

No Limit / Scattered

COLOR VARIATION

Slight

CONSPICUOUS BURLS, MAX.

No Limit

SOUND AND REPAIRED KNOTS IN COMBINATION

8 Total 4 at 1/2” Repaired

MINERAL STREAKS / SAP

Yes

ROUGH CUT

Two 8” areas

SPLITS OR JOINTS (BLENDED REPAIRED TAPERING)

Four 3/16” x 8” Per Panel End

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GRADE & SPEC SHEETS

Typical Grade Representation : Builders Birch

GRADE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS SOUND, PIN KNOTS AND SMALL BURLS COMBINED AVG

No Limit

COLOR VARIATION

Yes

KNOTHOLES

All Repaired

CONSPICUOUS BURLS, MAX.

No Limit

SOUND AND REPAIRED KNOTS IN COMBINATION

10

MINERAL STREAKS / SAP

Yes

ROUGH CUT

10% of Panel - Two 8” Dia. areas

SPLITS OR JOINTS (BLENDED REPAIRED TAPERING)

Six 1/8” x 16” Repaired

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GRADE & SPEC SHEETS

Typical Grade Representation: Marine Grade - 100% Okoume

GRADE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS

Up to six pin knots

COLOR VARIATION

Minimal

KNOTHOLES

None

CONSPICUOUS BURLS, MAX.

None

SOUND AND REPAIRED KNOTS IN COMBINATION

None

MINERAL STREAKS / SAP

None

ROUGH CUT

No

SPLITS OR JOINTS (BLENDED REPAIRED TAPERING)

None on Face

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TigerLINE TigerLINE features a White Thermally Fused Melamine (TFM), o ering a smooth uniform nish.

COMMON APPLICATIONS

Produced with extreme heat and pressure to thermally fuse resin-impregnated decor paper to the front and back of an engineered TigerPLY™ core composed of plantation hardwood veneers.

Cabinets Drawer Components Retail Fixtures

For many years Melamine has been a favorite amongst cabinet and furniture manufacturers due to its durability and easy-to-clean nature. Another bene t is that TigerLINE's Melamine nish eliminates the need for sanding, nishing, or painting, saving time and money during application.

Shelving Home, Of ce & Medical Furniture

The smooth nish provides a clean, aesthetically pleasing design to any room, but that's not the only thing that makes TigerLINE a kitchen favorite.

TigerLINE's tough exterior coating makes it resistant to conditions found in most kitchens, such as heat, moisture, scratches, and stains. Ensuring you can enjoy your cabinetry for many years.

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QuadraPro UV t UV/Ultra Violet Cured Epoxy Acrylate Finish ™

QuadraPro™ is Our Four Coat Ultra Violet Cured Epoxy Acrylate Finished Hardwood Plywood.

to offer our new QuadraPro™ premium top coating on • Semi-Gloss (35-40) Available in:

• Satin (15-20 Y™ hardwood plywood. QuadraPro™ exceeds industry

Speci cations TigerPLY UV Coating r UV finishes and has earned the2.6certification of the mil Finish Thickness Dry

100% of Solids Applied uipment%and Furniture Assoc. (SEFA) for use in VOC Emissions

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Acetone Wipe Down

Yes

ANSI Standard

Exceeds

Durability

Twice as thick coating as industry standard

Machinability

Excellent

Gloss Level Options:

Semi Gloss: 35-40 (Standard) Satin: 15-20 (Optional)

CARB 2 Certi ed

Yes

SGS Certi ed

Yes

SEFA 8.0 Certi ed

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• Clear, thick, semi-gloss epoxy acrylate nis • Ultra Violet cured for extra durabilit • Scratch resistan • Chemical resistan • CARB2 Compliant and SEFA 8.0 certi e • Saves time and labor

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GLOBAL LOGISTICS Well managed sharing of information allows for better and more timely decision making in production, distribution, marketing and sales. Competing in a global economy demands creative solutions using emerging technology.

TradeSTAR Through extensive experience in supplying materials, Shelter Forest International has developed a proprietary program to track and manage inventory and order status. This program was developed for the bene t of our partners, to create visibility in the supply chain and maximize lean production scheduling. Orders placed, shipped, staged in warehousing, invoiced or delayed are all visible in realtime to our partners. The ow and sharing of information allows SFI to support multiple functions of production and time sensitive planning to develop seamless cooperation between suppliers and customers. Improved responsiveness to demand allows SFI to bring pro table, high quality, value added products to market quicker than its competition.

Globalization has changed the way business is done and as a result companies need to become more ef cient in managing transportation. Shelter Forest International serves a vital role similar to a traditional 3PL(third party logistics) function. This partnership approach to supply management enables companies to collaborate and trust one another in the sharing of non-competitive information. This has also enabled the growth of the 3PL market because of the ability to effectively manage information in real time. Intermediaries like 3PL’s often have the technology to link requisite data to create a data warehouse and manage the continual ow of information and goods. We have integrated this function into TradeSTAR to provide an industry leading service to our partners.

Virtual Warehousing The TradeSTAR system allows SFI programs to generate a “Virtual Warehouse� of rolling inventory.

Material, tallies and manifests are visible while en-route. This allows production to be more effectively scheduled and actual inventory to be kept in real-time, with delivery dates and visibility of order status in detail down to the unit or SKU. Working with partners, we are able to schedule manufacturing for over 90 days forward while material is sourced domestically or multimodal from overseas. Distribution customers are able to pre-sell material before it is delivered.

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CONVERSION CHART 0.0”

MM

2.7

1/4”

MM

3.4

3 3.2 3.6

5.2

5 6

8 9

11.1

12

1/2” 15

18

17.1 17.5

3/4” 21 22

1”

MM

DE C I MAL

1/ 3 2

0.8

0.03125

1/32

1.6

0.0625

2/32

2.4

0.09375

3/32

3.2

0.125

4/32

4

0.15625

5/32

4.8

0.1875

6/32

5.6

0.21875

7/32

6.3

0.25

8/32

7.1

0.28125

9/32

7.9

0.3125

10/32

8.7

0.34375

11/32

9.5

0.375

12/32

10.3

0.40625

13/32

11.1

0.4375

14/32

11.9

0.46875

15/32

12.7

0.5

16/32

13.5

0.53125

17/32

14.3

0.5625

18/32

15.1

0.59375

19/32

15.9

0.625

20/32

16.7

0.65625

21/32

17.5

0.6875

22/32

18.2

0.71875

23/32

19

0.75

24/32

19.8

0.78125

25/32

20.1

0.8125

26/32

21.4

0.84375

27/32

22.2

0.875

28/32

23

0.90625

29/32

23.8

0.9375

30/32

24.6

0.96875

31/32

25.4

1

32/32

1/ 16

1/ 8

1/ 4

1/2

1/16

2/16

1/8

3/16

4/16

2/8

1/4

5/16

6/16

3/8

7/16

8/16

4/8

2/4

1/2

9/16

10/16

5/8

11/16

12/16

6/8

3/4

13/16

14/16

7/8

15/16

16/16

8/8

4/4

2/2

Current Standard Production Sizes Custom Production Sizes

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