Plywood Histroy

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Milestones in the History of Plywood

Ancient Origins of Plywood

Archeologists have found traces of laminated wood in the tombs of theEgyptian pharaohs. A thousand years ago, the Chinese shaved wood and

glued it together for use in furniture. The English and French are reported tohave worked wood on the general principle of plywood in the 17th and 18th

centuries. And historians credit Czarist Russia for having made forms of

plywood prior to the 20th century as well. Early modern-era plywood was

typically made from decorative hardwoods and most commonly used in themanufacture of household items, such as cabinets, chests, desk tops and

doors. Construction plywood made from softwood species did not appear onthe scene until the 20th century.

1905: An Industry Is Born

In 1905, the city of Portland, Oregon was getting ready to host a Worlds

Fair as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Lewis and ClarkExpedition. Several local businesses were asked to prepare exhibits for the

event, including Portland Manufacturing Company, a small wooden boxfactory in the St. Johns district of the city. Part owner and plant manager

Gustav Carlson decided to laminate wood panels from a variety of PacificNorthwest softwoods. Using paint brushes as glue spreaders and house jacks

as presses, several panels were laid up for display. Called 3-ply veneerwork, the product created considerable interest among fairgoers, including

several door, cabinet and trunk manufacturers who then placed orders. By1907, Portland Manufacturing had installed an automatic glue spreader and a

sectional hand press. Production soared to 420 panels a day. And an industrywas born.

From Doors to Running Boards: The First Plywood Markets

During its first 15 years the softwood plywood industry relied primarily on asingle marketdoor panels. But in 1920, super salesman Gus Bartells of

Elliott Bay Plywood in Seattle began generating customers in the automobileindustry. Bartells had earlier established the first plywood dealerships

around the country, and was equally successful in getting car manufacturersto use plywood for running boards.


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INTRODUCTION TO MEECO PLYWOOD INDUSTRIES

MEECO PLYWOOD INDUSTRY is in the process of manufacturing

plywoods for the general purposes along with coirs, skin doors, plush doors,

block doors, plywoods.

MEECO PLYWOOD INDUSTRY is to set up in Tumkur industrial

area,of Karnataka in 2013. The objective of the domestic operation is to capitalize

on the Indian economy of being major producer of high quality plywood in state it

is cent percent customer oriented unit.

The species of Timber used for plywood manufacturing of Face Veneers are

gurjan and cores and bands or neem also; the selection of material is as per clause

6:1 of IS 303:1989.

The industry is producing wood products for general purpose. The products

are Coirs, Flush Doors, Plywood, and Black Boards. The trading process takes

place in local areas. The industry also imports some raw materials and some other

from local suppliers.

Raw materials like timber logs face veeners, copper sulphate, chronic acid

borax, boric acid, sodium bi carbonate, ammonium chloride, resin, maida &

melamine.


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Meeco plywood industry

1. Director : Vinutha.m.m2.Name of the business : Meeco plywood industry &sawmill3. Logo : Meeco

We think about green

4. Investment : 2 crores5. Coustmer or marketing : marketing will be dealt in tumkur,

Bangalore, Chennai,pune.

6. Product & servicesProduct: coir, skin doors, fiush doors, block boards and plywood

Services: on sale & after sale services, customer oriented [dealers are

exempted]Geographic:

Co-ordinates: 13.34 n ,77.1e

Total population:3,05,821

Elevation: 822m[2697ft]\

Since 28 aug 2010, tumkur as been accorded the status of a corporation

city. It is situated at a distance of 70kms northwest of Bangalore along

national highway 206kms

Demographic:Tumkur had a population of 3,05,821 at the 2001 census, male

constitute 52% of the populate &female constitute 48%. Tumkur as an

average literarcy rate of 75%, about 11% of the population is under 6

years of age.

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