Furniture Plywood Made in Vietnam
Furniture plywood is plywood made for the parts of a piece of furniture you can see and touch: cabinet doors and sides, wardrobes, table tops, chairs and shelving. Where commercial plywood is covered up, furniture plywood keeps its face on show, so the face veneer, the sanding and the flatness of the panel matter as much as its strength.
Woodbase makes furniture plywood in Vietnam on stable acacia, eucalyptus or poplar cores, or a combination, with a natural face veneer of 0.2 to 0.3 mm or an EV engineered veneer. Both sides are sanded, and the panels are pressed with low-emission glue for indoor furniture, in sheets of 1220 × 2440 mm or cut to size, from 3 to 25 mm thick (+/- 0.5 mm).
Face Veneers
| Face | Look |
|---|---|
| Okoume | Light pinkish-brown, smooth and even; takes paint and stain well |
| Bintangor | Reddish-brown with a fine grain; a common face for cabinets |
| Birch | Pale and uniform, popular for modern and Scandinavian-style furniture |
| Oak | Strong, open grain with a warm colour, for solid-wood looks |
| Ash | Light colour with a bold grain, similar in feel to oak |
| Walnut | Dark brown with a rich grain, for premium pieces |
| EV (engineered veneer) | A uniform colour and grain, repeated exactly from sheet to sheet |
EV Plywood: Engineered Veneer Faces
EV plywood is faced with engineered veneer: natural wood veneer that is dyed, laid up into blocks and sliced again, so that every sheet carries the same colour and grain pattern. It gives a furniture maker the look of a rarer species, with no variation between panels and no surprise in a large order, at a lower cost than the natural veneer it imitates. That is why EV plywood is widely used in flat-pack and project furniture, where hundreds of doors and panels must match.
Grades
Furniture plywood is graded by the quality of its face and back. In A/B, the face is clean and nearly free of defects and the back may carry small, sound repairs: the grade for panels seen on one side. B/BB allows small repairs and colour variation on both sides and is used where both faces will be finished or partly hidden. Tell us which faces will be visible and we will recommend the grade.
Glue and Emission
Furniture plywood is for indoor use, so it is pressed with MR or melamine glue. For formaldehyde emission we supply E0 or E1, and CARB P2 for furniture sold into the United States. Moisture content is 12% or less, which keeps the panels flat once they are cut and assembled.
Where It Is Used
- Kitchen and bathroom cabinets: doors, sides and shelves.
- Wardrobes and built-in storage.
- Tables and desks: tops and aprons with a real wood face.
- Chairs and seating: seats, backs and frames.
- Shelving and display units for homes, shops and offices.
Choosing the Thickness
Cabinet backs and drawer bottoms usually take 3 to 6 mm. Doors, drawer fronts and cabinet sides are mostly 15 to 18 mm, and table tops and long shelves 18 to 25 mm, so they span the gap without sagging. A thin 0.2 to 0.3 mm face veneer should not be sanded hard after delivery: sand lightly with a fine grit before finishing, so you do not cut through to the core.
Ordering from Vietnam
The minimum order is 10 × 40ft HC, and we can supply about 30 × 40ft HC a month, paid by T/T or L/C, FOB Hai Phong or CIF. Under the EVFTA, Vietnamese plywood enters the EU at 0% tariff, and FSC certified plywood is available: see our certificates. For the full range, read our overview of plywood from Vietnam, or see Commercial Plywood for carcasses and hidden parts, Film Faced Plywood for concrete formwork and Packing Plywood for crates and pallets. Send us the face, core, grade, glue, size, thickness and quantity, with your destination port, for a quote.
