CARB lists certified mills

55 plants pass formaldehyde test

Heath Combs -- Furniture Today, October 10, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Air Resources Board has released a list of 55 mills that have been approved by a third-party certifier as having composite wood products that comply with new formaldehyde limits.

The state's new regulation lowers the amount of formaldehyde that can be emitted from composite panel.

In order to be sold in the state, composite panel products - like those commonly used in wood furniture - must be shipped from mills that have been certified by an approved third-party testing lab.

The list is intended to help companies transition to the new standards, which begin taking effect for manufacturers starting Jan. 1. Furniture retailers have until July 1, 2010, to clear inventories of items containing non-compliant board.

The agency said it plans to update the list every two or three weeks as mills become certified producers of CARB-compliant composite wood products.

Currently, the list includes 35 U.S. mills, 12 in Asia and eight in Canada.

The agency said that 114 other mills are working to obtain certification.

Webb Furniture Enterprises in Galax, Va., says it was inadvertently left off the current list and will be added soon. The plant has shipped furniture makers CARB-compliant particleboard.

Here's the current roster. The list tells which products each mill makes, including hardwood plywood (HWPW); hardwood plywood, veneer core (HWPW-VC); medium density fiberboard (MDF); and particle board (PB).

•United States

ATC Panels - Clarion, Pa., MDF; ATC Panels - Franklin, Va., PB; Boise Cascade - La Grande, Ore., PB; Collins Products - Klamath Falls, Ore., PB; Del-Tin Fiber - El Dorado, Ark., MDF; Flakeboard - Albany, Ore., PB; Flakeboard - Bennettsville, S.C., PB, MDF; Flakeboard - Eugene, Ore., MDF; Flakeboard - Malvern, Ark., MDF; Flakeboard - Simsboro, La., PB; Georgia-Pacific - Monticello, Ga., MDF; Hambro Forest Products - Crescent City, Calif., PB; Humboldt Forest Products - Arcata, Calif., PB; Masco Builder Cabinet Group - Rapid City, S.D., PB; Plum Creek MDF - Columbia Falls, Mont., MDF; Roseburg - Dillard, Ore., PB; Roseburg - Holly Hill, S.C., MDF; Roseburg - Louisville, Miss., PB; Roseburg - Missoula, Mont., PB; Roseburg - Russellville, S.C., PB; Roseburg - Taylorsville, Miss., PB; Roseburg - Vienna, Ga., PB; SierraPine - Adel Ga., PB; SierraPine - Martell, Calif., PB; SierraPine - Medford, Ore., MDF; SierraPine - Rocklin, Calif., MDF; SierraPine - Springfield, Ore., PB; Temple-Inland - Diboll, Tex., PB; Temple-Inland - Hope, Ark., PB; Temple-Inland - Monroeville, Ala., PB; Temple-Inland - Mount Jewett, Pa., MDF; Temple-Inland - Thomson, Ga., PB; Uniboard USA - Moncure, N.C., PB; Unilin U.S. MDF - Mt. Gilead, N.C., MDF; Waverly Particleboard - Waverly, Va., PB

•Canada

Flakeboard - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, MDF; Flakeboard - St. Stephen, New Brunswick, PB, MDF; Panolam Industries International - Huntsville, Ontario, PB; Tafisa Canada and Co. - Lac-Megantic, Quebec PB; Uniboard Canada - Sayabec, Quebec, PB; Uniboard Canada - Val-d'Or, Quebec, PB; West Fraser Mills Ltd. - Quesnel, British Columbia, MDF; West Fraser Mills Ltd. - Whitecourt, Alberta, MDF

•China

Deqing Shengqiang Wood, HWPW; Linyi Sanfortune Wood Co. Ltd, HWPW; Shangdong Anxin Timber Co. Ltd., HWPW; Shanghai Senda Fancywood Inc., HWPW; Zhejiang Dehua TB New Decoration Material Co. Ltd., HWPW; Xuhou Weilin Wood Co. Ltd., HWPW

•Indonesia

PT Kayu Lapis, HWPW-VC; PT Sumalindo, Lestarijaya Tbk., HWPW-VC, MDF; PT Tanjung Selatan MakmurJaya, HWPW-VC

•Malaysia

Focus Lumber SDN BHD, HWPW; Dongwha Fibreboard - Kulim, Malaysia, MDF