EPD: Particleboard, melamine-coated, 4-50 mm, 680 kg/m3 (Finsa (2022))

The products to be verified herein are the raw wood-based particleboards as well as the melamine faced variety. Particleboards are products manufactured from carefully selected wood. The most appreciated features are their smooth surface and the homogeneity of their inner layer. The most common applications are found in the furniture and construction industries. These boards are made of three layers of chipped wood bonded together by synthetic resins through flat pressing at high temperatures and then sanded. Raw particleboard comply with standard EN 312 and the melamine faced particleboards comply with standard EN 14322. Particleboards can easily be coated with decorative paper impregnated with melamine by resorting to simple technologies. Particleboards are classified into different types according standard EN 312. Boards are initially classified according to their use, as structural or non-structural; and according to the environment where they are used, as dry and humid.

Manufacturer legal entity:

Finsa (2022)

Manufacturer:

Finsa

Country of manufacturer:

spain, portugal

Product name:

Particleboard, melamine-coated

Material type:

Wood

Material subtype:

Particleboard

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

-11.7 kg CO2e/m2

Technical specification:

4-50 mm, 680 kg/m3

Available units for calculation:

m2, kg, ton, m3

Unique identifier (OCLID):

6212871bad19cf33879c178e

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

S-P-00272, rev. 2022

EPD program:

International EPD System

Publication year:

2022

Product category rules (PCR):

PCR 2019:14 CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS

Environmental standard:

EN15804+A2

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

ecoinvent