Products & Trademarks
The Panel Trademark and Mark of Quality
The trademark on a US panel indicates product quality. It complies with US voluntary product standards and has been manufactured under the strictest programme of quality inspection and testing. This ensures it is suitable for a specific use. The right to display a trademark can be removed.
APA is one of the several independent agencies provide quality assurance services to North American manufacturers, operating one of the most stringent schemes of third-party quality control testing and certification in the global structural panel industry.
For more information on products and trademarks, explore plywood and OSB
US products placed on the UK and EU markets must comply with specific standards to enable them to carry the appropriate mark of conformity assessment. More on conformity marking here.
Want to find out which standards your application must comply with? Our interactive tool will tell you. Just select your product, and specific performance characteristics and the tool quickly provides the answers.
Explore Find Your Standard tool here.
Specifications Tools
Explore our ply and OSB specification tools. They provide core technical information to help you select the right grade, product or type for your application. Just select from walls, roofs, flooring concrete formwork or even a non-structural use.
Plywood
Plywood is used for a wide range of structural, interior and exterior applications. Grades range from smooth, natural surfaces for finish work and underlayment to more basic grades for wall sheathing and subfloors.
OSB
OSB shares many of the strength and performance characteristics of plywood. The combination of wood and adhesives creates a strong, dimensionally stable panel that resists deflection, delamination, and warping.
I Joists
I-joists are prefabricated ‘I’ shaped engineered wood structural members, using sawn or structural composite lumber flanges and OSB webs, bonded together with exterior type adhesives.
Structural Composite Lumber
Structural composite lumber (SCL) is created by layering dried and graded wood veneers, strands or flakes with exterior moisture resistant adhesives into blocks of material known as billets.
Non-Construction Applications
US plywood and OSB structural panels are frequently used in non-construction applications as some of the same performance requirements are also applicable.
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