Plywood & OSB

OSB is made from rectangular-shaped wood chips or strands that are arranged in cross-oriented layers.  Heat-cured adhesives are added to the chips to glue all the pieces in place and create a panel. Once finished, this engineered wood panel is a strong product with many different applications.

Plywood is made up of several layers of very thin wood that are cross-laminated and glued together with a hot press.  Each one of these layers is called a ply, thus the name plywood, and each layer is positioned perpendicular to the last. Lastly, each layer of veneer is made by peeling it from a log, which is what gives it a more finished and less rough appearance than OSB.