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Riga HPL - Visual Grade General Veneer Plywood

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6.5 mm

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Third party certifications:
  • PEFC

    PEFC

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A birch throughout plywood for applications where a durable and decorative surface is required. A variety of colours and structures are available with CPL or HPL laminates.

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Application

Light building

  • Joinery, furniture and shopfittings.


Heavy building

  • Formwork systems.

 

Road transport

  • Passenger cars;
  • Light commercial vehicles.

Description

Riga HPL is a birch throughout plywood, overlaid with CPL or HPL laminates on one or both faces, for decorative and/ or heavy-duty applications.


Features and benefits:

  • Decorative finishing with ready to use surface in a variety of designs and colours.
  • Special anti-fingerprint feature available for furniture.
  • Water and moisture resistant surface.
  • Highly scratch and shatter resistant.
  • High wear resistance and durable.
  • The surface is resistant to commonly used chemicals and surface impact, easy to clean for repeated uses.
  • Sustainable product with long life span.


Further processing

Riga HPL can be further processed according to customer's specification with cut-to-size, CNC, drilling, milling, jointing, edge machining, and assembling in sets.

For applications where insulation and acoustic performance are required, perforated and grooved acoustic panels are possible.


Overlaying

CPL (continuous-pressure laminates) and HPL (high-pressure laminates) made of layers of kraft paper impregnated with resins (the core) and decorative melamine impregnated paper (the surface layer), manufactured under high pressure and temperature.

The CPL and HPL coating offers a highly durable, scratch resistant and decorative surface in different colours (uni, white, wood reproductions, material reproductions) and various surface structures. Standard CPL and HPL thickness 0.6–1 mm, protective foil is applied. Different surface properties can be achieved, depending on the CPL or HPL used. 

General information

Color

White

Other

Finish

Coated

Laminated

Material

Birch plywood

Shape

Rectangle

Square

Other

Length

1220 mm

1250 mm

Bespoke

Width

2440 mm

2500 mm

2745 mm

3000 mm

3050 mm

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Height

6.5 mm

9 mm

12 mm

15 mm

18 mm

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Manufacturer guidance

To the indicated values, CPL or HPL thicknesses should be added.

Uniclass

Pr_25_71_97_91 Visual grade general veneer plywoodsPrimary

CAWS

N10/110 Purpose-made

N10/10 Purpose-made

Specification data - Visual grade general veneer plywoods

Standards

BS EN 13986.

Third-party certification

EPD, FSC, PEFC.

Material

-

Type

Birch plywood.

Face veneer

European birch.

Facing

CPL laminate, both faces.

CPL laminate, one face.

HPL laminate, both faces.

HPL laminate, one face.

Balancing veneer

European birch.

Bonding quality

To BS EN 314-2, Class 3.

Guidance for specification option:

As standard.

To BS EN 314-2, Class 1 and BS 1203, H1.

Manufacturer guidance

Riga Wood birch plywood is glued with weather and boil-proof phenol formaldehyde or lignin phenol formaldehyde resin adhesive according to EN 314 Class 3 Exterior.

Bonding with moisture resistant low emission melamine-urea formaldehyde resin according to EN 314 Class 1 and BS 1203 H1 possible.

VOC emissions

To EN 13986, Class E1 and complies with EPA TSCA Title VI and CARB Phase 2.

Sheet size

1220 × 2440 mm.

1220 × 2500 mm.

1220 × 2745 mm.

1220 × 2750 mm.

1220 × 3000 mm.

1220 × 3050 mm.

1220 × 3340 mm.

1220 × 3660 mm.

1250 × 2440 mm.

1250 × 2500 mm.

1250 × 2745 mm.

1250 × 2750 mm.

1250 × 3000 mm.

1250 × 3050 mm.

1250 × 3340 mm.

1250 × 3660 mm.

Nominal thickness

6.5 mm.

Manufacturer guidance

Plywood panel nominal thicknesses. To the indicated values, CPL or HPL thicknesses should be added.

Number of plies

5.

Edges

Square.

Manufacturer guidance

The edges are sealed upon request with special or transparent colour

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

Yes

Guidance for specification option:

Formaldehyde.

Country of material origin

Europe

Guidance for specification option:

Grown, harvested and processed in the European Union.

Country of product manufacture

Europe

Guidance for specification option:

Grown, harvested and processed in the European Union.

Recyclability

100%

Recycled content

As defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021

0 %

Third party certifications

PEFC

PEFC

PEFC certificate

Literature

Riga HPL - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Riga HPL - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Grooved - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Grooved - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Perforated - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Acoustic Panels - Perforated - Datasheet - Riga Wood

Plywood Handbook 2022 - Riga Wood

Plywood Handbook 2022 - Riga Wood

Plywood Processing Options - Riga Wood

Plywood Processing Options - Riga Wood

Case studies

More than Meets the Eye - Perforated Acoustic Riga Wood Birch Plywood Panels

More than Meets the Eye - Perforated Acoustic Riga Wood Birch Plywood Panels