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Samartex Product: Plywood
Samartex Plywood Mill has over 50 years experience in plywood manufacturing. With an annual capacity of 25,000m3 it is one of the largest and most stable plywood production units in Ghana and West Africa.
The Plywood Mill is equipped with four modern head sanding lines, 10 daylight plywood presses and four deck dryers.
Quality
Continuous checks of all our products ensure superior quality.
Plywood machinery consists of rotary peeling veneers from prepared logs, drying the veener, clipping and joining it, spreading, trimming, grading and packing.
We take samples from every batch of plywood made during the course of a day's production. These samples are taken to the company's quality control laboratories ready for testing.
The SAXPLY Label
Our motivation to quality control lies in the SAXPLY label on every crate. A clear indication to everybody that we accept full responsibility for our material.
Commitment of our factory staff combined with the best hardwood species in the world ensures a product that meets highest international quality and standards.
Specification
| Plywood |
| Board types | Structure
 | Size | Thickness | Gluing | Application |
| SAX-Furnat | a)Ceiba solid
b) Ilomba face-veneer
(light weight cores) | 244x122
250x122
250x125 | 4/5/6/8/9/10
11/12/14/15 | IF20 E1/A100
EN 314-2 | dry interiors
protected |
| SAX-Afrique | a) Ako face-veneers
b) Eyong face-veneers
c) Ogea face-veneers
d) Celtis face-veneers
e) Ofram face-veneers
(light weight cores) | 244x122
250x122
250x125 | 3.6/5.2/6/8
10/12/15/18
22 | IF20 E1/A100
EN 314-2 | dry interiors
protected |
| SAX-Robusta | a) Celtis solid
b) Edinam solid
c) Mahogany faces
(Edinam cores) | 244x122
250x122
250x125 | 3.6/5.2/6/8
10/12/15/18
22/25/32 | AW 100/ WBP
EN 314-2
BS-1088/1966 | unprotected
exterior
marine ply |
| SAX-Figured | Sliced veneer faces | 244x122 | 4/6 | IF20 E1/A100
EN 314-2 | dry interiors
protected |
Qualities of face venners
B/B ~ B/BB ~ BB/BB ~ BB/CC
Classification - EU Norm 635-2
Rotary cut veneer
| Species | Size | Thickness |
| Wawa, Ceiba, Ogea, Celtis, Koto, Ofram | 125x125
184x184
220x185-185x220
244x122-122x244
250/5x122/5-122/5x250/5
255x153-153x255 | 0.9/1.0/1.3
1.5/2.4/3.0
3.5/4.1 |
Chenchen / Ako (Antiaris africana)
Yellowish / White
Weight 500kg/m3
Good mechanical properties
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Ceiba / Fromager (Ceiba pendranda)
White
Light in weight - 450kg/m3
Easy processing
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Celtis / Esa (Celtis adolfi-friderici)
Yellowish Brown
Weight 750kg/m3
High durability
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Edinam / Tiama (Entandrophragma angolese)
Red / Brown
Weight 600kg/m3
Good processing
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Eyong / Ohaa (Eribroma oblonga)
Yellowish / Brown
Weight 700kg/m3
High mechanical properties
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