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CAN/AM GOLD+™ is a value-priced professional grade plywood from Columbia Forest Products. North American-made and CARB Phase 2 compliant, this product will fill your need for a low cost plywood panel to round out your construction options.

CAN/AM GOLD+™ offers more consistent quality, less thickness variation, thicker faces, less telegraphing as well as reduced warping and moisture problems than many imported or domestic low-cost alternatives. Note, however, that these CAN/AM GOLD+ panels are shop grade, determined to be less than 100% usable due to a manufacturing defect such as a dent, scratch, or damage, but having at least 85% of the surface area of the panel that is unblemished and assumed to be usable.

The Veneer Core is made with alternating veneer inner plies. In North America, the innerply species are usually softwood (fir or pine) on the west coast and poplar or aspen on the east coast.

Veneer core panels are relatively light in comparison with composite panels, typically weighing about 70 lbs. per 3/4" panel. Veneer core offers great strength and stability with better spanning properties than either particle board or medium density fiberboard (MDF). Veneer core does have a wider variance in thickness in comparison with highly engineered PBC or MDF.

Because all of Columbia’s veneer core panels are made with soy flour-based formaldehyde-free PureBond® technology, they are CARB Phase 2 compliant and contribute to LEED® and other Green Building credits.