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Carb2 more accessible than ever May 20, 2009

In response to increasing European furniture retail demands for CARB2 compliant products, FINSA can now offer the widest range of certified boards available on the market.

As distributors and manufacturers are all well aware, leading furniture retailers currently specify the standard, ahead of the full CARB2 implementation in California, scheduled for 2012.

FINSA has had both MDF and chipboard ranges tested by the Wilhelm-Klauditz-Insitut Holzforchung laboratory in Germany, and AITIM. This  means that the group can now offer CARB2 compliant Fibrapan E-Z (MDF) in 8mm to 30mm, Iberpan E-Z (thick MDF)  in 32mm to 70mm, Fibranor EZ 1 in 8mm and Superpan E-Z (MDF sandwiched chipboard, exclusive to FINSA) in 8mm-30mm.

FINSA has been proactive in developing the E-Z range to provide its customers with appropriate solutions to changing requirements. And the range offered will continue to grow, as FINSA is expanding its CARB2 range with certification pending on even more products.

Information: Heather Dawkins

FSC Plywood Please May 20, 2009

FINSA UK has been successfully certified by SGS to distribute another FSC product in it’s range; 100% FSC certified pine plywood.


FSC certified plywood is extremely limited in supply despite trade demand, which has unfortunately left many buyers with limited options; high quality FSC certified plywood being even less available.

The new Finply range is exterior grade, with I/II faces, CE marking and is available in an impressive range of 4mm to 30mm. FINSA are also working hard to obtain certification for their hardwood combination plywood. Finply, manufactured by FINSA in South Africa, offers what many types of plywood on the market cannot; reassurance of 100% sustainable sourcing with equally high quality specifications.

“The entire timber trade must continue its endeavours to source certified sustainable timber goods to give the foresters, sawmills and manufacturers the market share and protection they justly deserve” said Rafael Willisch, Managing Director of FINSA UK LTD.

It has been government procurement policy that all timber products should come from legal and sustainable sources since the 1^st April.

Information: Heather Dawkins

New catalogue of FINLIGHT March 27, 2009

Finsa presents a new new catalog of FINLIGHT. "El volumen ligero" .
FINLIGHT is a panel consisting of 4mm MDF faces with a 300kg/m3 (Iberpan 300) density core.

Some of the derivative advantages of the use of FINLIGHT® are as follows:

• Weight - Due to its low density, the board is very light considering the thickness and dimensions.
• Resistance and Stability - Considering the board has three solid layers it is surprisingly flexible.
• Processing - Even though the board has a low density in its interior it can be processed much the same as standard board including cutting and edging.
• Range and Design - Finlight has a wide range of thickness and qualities so that it can adapt to every type of context and application.
• Logistic Advantages - The lightness of the product makes it advantageous when it comes to transporting the product, storing and handling.

Certification CARB March 23, 2009

The prestigious CARB certification has been obtained by different centers of FINSA.
This certification granted by the State of California in USA guaranteed low formaldehyde emission of our EZ products. This requirement of the State of California today is a prestigious reference control product used by different vendors.

DEATH OF D. SANTIAGO GARCÍA BALIÑA March 5, 2009

D. SANTIAGO VÍCTOR GARCÍA BALIÑA

About 14:30 deceased D. Santiago V. Garcia Baliña, President of  FINANCIERA MADERERA, SA (FINSA).

D. Santiago born in Burgueiros, Transmonte-Ames (A Coruña) on January 15, 1941. It was the third child of the marriage made by Ms Sara Baliña Perez  and D. Manuel Garcia Cambon, and father of three children, Sara, Eva, and Tito.

Developed along with their uncles and brothers, his career in the company his father founded, FINANCIAL MADERERA, SA (FINSA) and participated actively in its development and expansion within the field of sawing wood and industrial wood production.

His figure is forever linked with the history of Galicia forest and his message live on among all workers FINSA "maximum personal requirement, enthusiasm, dedication, quality and taste for things well."

FINSA achieves its first Quality stamps for melamine boards with enhanced fire reaction and low formaldehyde contents: March 3, 2009

At the last meeting of the AITIM Board Committee for Quality Stamps, held on the 27^th February, new certifications have been awarded, out of which stands out in a very especial way the certification for melamine boards with enhanced fire reaction and low formaldehyde contents, both for particle boards as well as for medium density fibre boards.
The main property of this type of boards is its enhanced fire reaction. It should be highlighted that in this very specific case, the classification for the raw board cannot be directly translated to the coated board, as either melamine or the decorative veneer may influence the fire reaction of the coated board (even though, logically, the raw board being used for this purpose has enhanced fire reaction in order to opt for enhanced fire reaction). So this leads to consider the melamine board (support board + coating) as a new product and to test it as a product for final application; in practice one never or hardly ever places a raw particle or fibre board for coating a wall or a ceiling.
Testing this product is quite complicated and expensive, as the protocol recommended by Sector Group SG 20 has to be followed for CE branding of wood based panels:
- to test the thickness range, greater - intermediate - smaller.