MPX®
MPX® utilizes smooth Meinan-peeled hardwood crossbands under the face and back for improved panel finishability.
MPX® answers the demand for a smoother veneer core panel
MPX® is Columbia’s proven core innovation. MPX® panels feature a Meinan®-peeled hardwood crossbands under the decorative face and back, which introduced a new standard in all-wood veneer core panel surface quality. It reduces telegraphing, making MPX better for finishing and applications where a smooth, even face is needed. Of course, standard construction includes soy-based PureBond® formaldehyde-free assembly technology.
The result? MPX panels have a better surface quality than panels constructed with rougher softwood or hardwood crossbands provided by older lathe technology. In addition, a hardwood doesn’t have the extreme difference in density between springwood and summerwood in contrast to softwood crossbands. This makes MPX panels the smoothest domestically produced, all-wood core in North America.
MPX is perfect for standard fabrications, but is highly recommended for pre-finished panels with high visibility requirements. Fabricators will experience less “fall-down” or scrap as well as fewer reworks and callbacks while producing finer finished goods with higher customer satisfaction and referrals.
Features & Benefits
- Uses a Meinan-peeled hardwood crossband beneath the face and back to reduce the potential for core ‘telegraphing.”
- Smoothest crossband in the hardwood plywood industry for veneer core construction.
- Improved surface is perfect for even finishing results.
- Reduces fabricator shop waste, callbacks and reworks.
- Cost competitive all-wood core construction.
- MPX is available in 4×8 sheets in 3/4″, 19.5mm and 1″ constructions. Ask your rep for availability of other thicknesses.
- MPX crossbands are peeled exclusively on Meinan® lines, the latest in lathe technology.
- MPX panels are made with PureBond formaldehyde-free technology meet TSCA and CARB standards while contributing to LEED® green building credits.
- Available as FSC® Mix at the time of order placement [FSC-C017500]
- Produced in North America exclusively by Columbia Forest Products.
Compare for Yourself
The Meinan-peeled hardwood crossband offers a much smoother face as compared to white fir, douglas fir, red pine, white pine and other coarse woods that might be found in a veneer core plywood panel.
Growth Rings. The lighter rings, formed earlier in the growing season, are known as earlywood or springwood. The darker portion, formed later in the season, is then known as the latewood or summerwood. Some softwood species, like fir, have a more distinct difference in the density of the these rings, leading to a more uneven peeled surface.
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| Hardwood Crossband | Fir Crossband |
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Hardwood Crossband FaceHardwood species come from deciduous trees, those that shed their leaves annually. |
Fir Crossband FaceFir is a softwood species from an evergreen or coniferous (cone-bearing) tree. |
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