Garnica has the solution to the Russian birch plywood shortage
Read the featured articleGarnica's range of products as an alternative to Russian birch are sourced from sustainable European tree farms and are made from a combination of species to improve the properties of the plywood, which can be used for all applications.
Currently, international sanctions imposed against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine are still in place. Under the fourth package of sanctions no Russian or Belarusian wood products can be imported into the European Union and other allied countries.
Russia was one of the main suppliers of plywood, mainly birch plywood, exporting more than one million cubic metres of wood to the EU in recent years. However, since the conflict started, more than 30 countries have placed sanctions on Russian and Belarusian wood products, including plywood. In fact, Russian birch is currently banned throughout Europe.
At the same time, the international timber certification bodies FSC and PEFC have declared wood from Russia, Belarus and the conflict zones of Ukraine to be “conflict timber”, causing their certifications to be suspended for the duration of the conflict.
Garnica plywood products: the solution to the lack of Russian birch plywood
- Garnica has a wide range of products that can be adapted to multiple applications: decoration, furniture, construction, transport, packaging, flooring, and more. Therefore, Garnica can offer an alternative to Russian birch for each of its uses and applications.
- Garnica’s products can be manufactured with a combination of different wood species, as its products use native poplar, pine and eucalyptus from European farms located in Spain and France.
- Garnica's main alternative to Russian birch is Reinforced, a mixed hardwood core plywood, which combines poplar and Eucalyptus Globulus. As the name suggests, the Reinforced range is synonymous with strength and resistance. Available with multi-layer composition, it is the ideal choice for exposed edges in furniture and decorative applications. It is also stable and easy to machine, making it a pleasure to work with. The outer face is available for decorative applications in high-quality North American Hard Maple. Maple has a style, in terms of colour and grain, that is very similar to birch – “Maple is the new birch”. Reinforced is also available with European poplar faces, ideal for painting or cladding, among other applications
- Garnica also has alternatives for other applications such as construction, transport and packaging with the Laudio range, which is Radiata Pine based plywood from certified farms in Northern Spain. The Radiata Pine core is reinforced with Eucalyptus Globulus. Within this alternative are the Laudio Form range, a smooth phenolic film, perfect for formwork, and Laudio Wire, with a non-slip surface for industrial and vehicle flooring.
