AraucoPly panels offer

• Versatility

• Strength with Lighter Weight

• High Quality Panel Construction

• Light Uniform Color andEasy Workability

Quality Forever

We control every step of the process.

Arauco is the leading forestry company in South America and one of the world’s largestforest products companies in terms of plantation holdings, kraft pulp, lumber, and panelproduction. This accomplishment has been achieved through its extensive forestresources, extensive industrial facilities within Chile, Argentina and Brazil, and through its world-wide sales offices located in Europe, Asia, México, Perú, Argentina, Brazil andthe United States.

Forestry Resources

Arauco owns and manages 1,873,000 acres of plantations across South America. Ourvast, fast growing timberlands give the company important competitive advantages intoday’s demanding global market for wood products.

Environmental Protection

All of Arauco’s production facilities and timberlands are managed in an environmentallyresponsible manner which acknowledges the critical importance of Sustainable ForestManagement and its impact on future generations.All of Arauco´s forestry activities have been ISO 14001 certified and our plantations arecertified under the CERTFOR standard, which is homologous to the PEFC standard.

Nursery

Arauco has made major strategic investments in forestry research in order to maximizethe quality, productivity and yield from its plantations.Arauco´s laboratories, nurseries and greenhouses experiment with technologies to makeimprovements that are applied to the more than 45 million seedlings planted each year.

Sustainable Plantations

Aware of the long term importance of its timberland resources, Arauco follows asustainable forest management policy. This policy ensures that Arauco will always havea reliable, high quality wood fiber supply for its high quality products.

Plywood Mills

In 1995 Arauco decided to enter the Plywood manufacturing business and beganconstruction of a new plant, which started production in 1997. Located in Arauco’sHorcones Industrial Complex, panels are produced in different grades for appearance,structural, forming, and multipurpose uses for many diverse applications.

Towards the end of 2000, a second production line was added to the Horcones millwhich increased total annual capacity to 356.000 m3.

In 2003, Arauco started construction on a new plywood mill located in its Nueva Aldeaindustrial-forestry complex in Chile’s VIII Region. Capacity will be 210.000 m3 per yearin its first stage. The plant started operations as planned in November of 2004.

Versatility

The use of AraucoPly is limited only by your imagination. It is equally suited to

exterior and interior applications, from road signs to furniture and an entire spectrum

of manufactured items. Strong, durable and cost effective, it is an ideal solution for

a wide range of applications.

AraucoPly panels are laid up with phenolic resin, providing exceptional strength,

adhesion and moisture resistance.

Strength

Strength coupled with light weight is obtained thanks to the attributes of Arauco´s

improved, plantation grown Radiata Pine wood.

AraucoPly manufacturing uses the latest available equipment and technology in

peeling, drying, composing, pressing, trimming and sanding of plywood.

Light Uniform Color and Easy Workability

AraucoPly offers the highest level of workability on the market, lower weight, lower

wood resin content and better machinability.

Solidness and light color of faces makes it ideal for staining and other surface

finishing.

High Quality

AraucoPly consistently exceeds industry quality standards for plywood manufacturing.

Our panels feature composed cores, with minimal core gaps and overlaps and high

quality face veneers with minimal repairs. All sanded panels are finished with a 150

grit sanding for an extra smooth face.

AraucoPly is manufactured with limited

core gaps and overlaps, making it ideal

for the toughest of industrial situations.

It is well suited for truck bodies, trailers,

decks, pallet bins and other applications

where safety and strength are important

AraucoPly is also available as a

premium siding and beaded panel.

Whether it is construction of walls or

ceilings, perhaps the creation of a piece

of furniture, AraucoPly not only offers

the highest-grade face but also has the

added benefit of being structurally

sound plywood. Main Beaded uses are

for interior paneling, wainscoting and

porch ceilings. AraucoPly decorative

panels also perform well in exterior

non-exposed applications since they

are constructed with phenolic resin and

meet PS1 criteria for exterior plywood.

AraucoPly is the fast, efficient and

durable solution for sheathing, roofing

and flooring needs, staircases and

interior fitting, for residential timber

frame construction as well as industrial

structures. Its inherent strength and

rigidity provides maximum bracing and

also makes it a stable subfloor for

quality interior finishes, such as

ceramic, tile and parquets as well as

vinyls and carpets. It also provides a

strong, stiff and lightweight support for

construction formwork. Whether with

clear or regular solid faces, it is a

convenient solution for concrete

forming walls, floors, roofs, frames

and civil engineering structures.

IndustrialApplications

considerations. The clear, solid faces

make it also ideal for high-pressure

lamination.

Siding andBeaded Panels

ConstructionApplications

AraucoPly is manufactured from

intensively managed plantation grown

logs that are pruned to maximize their

yield of high grade veneers. These

veneers are used in the production of

paint grade and stain grade panels for

the furniture, cabinet and DIY industries.

Furnitureand Joinery

Following grade combinations are available: A/A, A/B, A/C, A/Cp, An/An, An/C, B/B, B/C.

Product Information

Furniture.Cabinetry.Paneling (Bead Panel).

AnAn, AnC

Appearance Description Suggested Plywood SuggestedApplications Plywood Grade

An Grade

High quality solid face.Synthetic repairs not permitted.Boat type wood patches not permitted.Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.

Concrete Forming.Staircase.Counter Tops.General Industrial ApplicationsCabinets, Furniture.

AC, ACp

A Star Grade

High quality solid face.Synthetic repairs not permitted.Boat type wood patches accepted up to 6.Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.

A Grade

High quality solid face.Synthetic repairs are accepted up to 6.Boat type wood patches permitted up to 6.Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.

Staircase.Table Tops, Counter Tops.Base panel for high-pressure lamination.General Industrial ApplicationsCabinets, Furniture.Underlayment.

AA, AB, AC, ACp

B Star GradeHigh quality solid face.Synthetic repairs not permited.Boat type wood patches accepted up to 6.Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.Occasional tight knots up to 31/32”wide are accepted.

Underlayment.Exterior Roughsiding.

BB, BC

B GradesHigh quality solid veneer.Synthetic repairs are accepted up to 8.Boat type wood patches accepted up to 6.Small, wood-based putty repairs are allowed.Occasional tight knots up to 31/32” wide are accepted

Available asPanel Back.

Available asPanel Back.

Available asPanel Back.

Cp Grade

Regular solid veneer.Open defects are not accepted.All types of repairs are accepted.Tight knots up to 1”-19/32” wide are permitted.

C Grade

Regular veneer.Open defects are accepted up to 31/32”Tight and unsoud knots up to 1” -19/32” wide arepermitted.

Panel Backs

Panel Faces

A tolerance on the specifield thickness of +- 0,40 mm is assured for sanded grades.A tolerance on the specifield length and width of plus zero and minus 1.6 mm is assured.A tolerance in squareness and straightness of 1 mm per meter in assured.

Square Edges

Solid Faces

S, TS, US, RGH

FacesAn, A Star, A, B Star, B

T: 1/4”, 11/32”, 15/32”,19/32”, 23/32”, 31/32”.L: 4´, 4.1´.W: 8´- 8.2´.

FacesA, B

BacksC

Edge Machinings

T & G T: 19/32”, 23/32”.L: 8´.LW: 4´.

S, TS

S, TS

T: 11/32”, 15/32”,19/32”, 23/32”.L: 8´.LW: 4´.

Surface Groovings

SpecialtySiding

FacesAn, A Star, B Star

BacksC

S, RGH

T: 11/32”, 15/32”, 19/32”.L: 8´.W: 4´.Profile: 4”, 6”, 8”, 12”OC

Bead &V-Groove

FacesAn, A Star

BacksC

S

T: 11/32”Bead,15/32” V-Groove.L: 8´.W: 4´.Profile: 2”, 4”OC

S: Sanded Surface (grit used up to 150, low thickness tolerance).TS: Touch Sanded Surface (grit used up to 100, calibrated thickness).US: Unsanded.RGH: Rough Sawn (rustic appearance, calibrated thickness).

T: ThicknessL: LengthW: WidthLW: Laid Width

FacesA, A Star, B Star.

BacksC

BacksAn, A, B Star, B, Cp, C

Types Profiles and Textures Grades Available Surfaces Dimensions

Nominal Thickness Number of Plies Face Thickness Average Weight

Structural and Dimensional Properties

Inches inches Ib/sqft

1/4” 3 1/10” 0,7

11/32” 3 1/8” 1,0

15/32” 5 1/10” 1,3

19/32” 5 1/8” 1,7

23/32” 7 1/10” 2,0

31/32” 9 1/8” 2,8

1/4” 79,2 16,4 7,883 722 11.448 2.375 1.2143.312 104.694 140

11/32” 73,1 14,0 7,325 693 10.605 2.030 1.062.327 100.523 108

15/32” 76,9 35,4 7,982 2.823 11.153 5.133 1.157.683 409.349 80

19/32” 62,4 36,9 6,901 2.933 9.044 5.356 1.000.884 425.327 65

23/32” 58,2 38,8 6,478 3.433 8.439 5.621 939.542 497.863 54

31/32” 54,4 32,9 7,291 2.934 7.889 4.775 1.057.460 425.56 39

Nominal MOR MOE MOR MOE Panels perThickness // 1 // 1 // 1 // 1 Pallets

Inches N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 PSI PSI PSI PSI

Note: Weight is messured considering a density of 540 kg/m3 at 8% moisture content.Strength values were obtained following European EN 310 standard.

Span RatingNominal Panel Span Maximum Span Allowable Live Loads

Thickness Rating (inches) (psf)

(mm) (inches) (inches) With Without Spacing of Supports Center to CenterEdge Edge

Support Support 12 16 19,2 24 32 40 48 54 60

Note: The allowable spans were determined using a dead load of 10 psf. If the dead load exceeds 10 psf then the live load shall be reducedaccordingly. To consider this data, panels shall be a minimum of 24 inches (600mm) wide.

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9 11/32 24/0 24 20 190 100 60 30 - - - - -

12 15/32 32/16 32 28 - 180 120 70 30 - - - -

15 19/32 40/20 40 32 - - 205 130 60 30 - - -

18 13/16 48/24 48 36 - - - 175 95 45 35 - -

25 1 54/32 54 40 - - - - 130 75 50 35 -

15 19/32 20 OC 32 32 270 150 100 60 30 - - - -

18 23/32 24 OC 48 36 - 240 160 100 50 30 25 - -

25 1 32 OC 48 40 - - 295 185 100 60 40 - -Floo

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Japan Plywood Inspection Corporation approved Paneles Arauco S.A. to produce JAS-Certifiedplywood, used for main load-bearing parts of construction, under the law concerning Standardizationand Proper Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry Product.

Product Certifications

PS1 - 95All grade stamped AraucoPly panels are manufactured according to criteria established in theUS PS1-95 standard.

The plywood qualifies for TECO grade stamping under voluntary product standard PS1-95 and maybe of any grade, from AA through to CD, including those ones for structural uses (except concreteform, marine grade or Structural 1 grade)

All plywood is subjected to the TECO method of continuous testing by a qualified TECO certified technician located permanently in the mill. Plywood bearing the TECO grade stamp and designatedPS1-95 is subjected to ongoing testing as required by PS1-95. PS1-95 is subjected to ongoing testing as required by PS1-95.

Wilhelm Klauditz Institut in Germany has tested plywood manufactured by Arauco and certified that it meets the technical standard DIN 68705-3: 1981-12 and authorized the use of the symbol U in the product stamping (BFU-100).

Forest Certifications

Today, all wood used in AraucoPly production comes from company owned plantations that areISO 14001 certified. This guarantees that all forestry operations are carried out in an environmentallyresponsible manner.

Moreover, in order to ensure compliance with company policies, Arauco subscribes to SustainableForest Management under the PEFC® standard, the Pan-European Forest Council seal.

JAS

CE EN 13986

Arauco Wood Products, Inc.

5901 B Peachtree Dunwoody Rd. NE

Suite 500 - Atlanta, Ga 30328 USA

Telephone: 770 350 1659

Fax: 770 350 1658

E-Mail: awp@arauco.cl

www.arauco.com

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