Panel Products



A complete plywood product range is marketed by Merensky. This includes interior and exterior plywoods for aesthetic applications as well as film-faced shutterply and shutterply for use in the formwork and construction industries.


Merensky pioneered sustainable afforestation in South Africa more than 50 years ago. To this day we remain committed to delivering top-quality timber products to market without taking more from Mother Nature than we are able to put in.


Some plywood applications include

  • Shuttering (concrete formwork)
  • Furniture
  • Packaging
  • Flooring
  • Ceiling
  • Panelling
  • Cladding
  • Pattern Making
  • Container Flooring
  • Shelving

Plywood products

  • Film Faced Plywood
  • Combi Plywood
  • Exterior Plywood
  • Shutterply

Product grades

  • B / B Grade
  • B / C Grade
  • C+ / C Grade
  • Other grades available on request

*All Merensky Plywood is bonded with WBP adhesive(water and boil proof), but can be used in appearance grade applications.


Plywood Product range available as follows

mm   4 mm 6 mm 9 mm 12 mm 15 mm 18 mm 21 mm 25 mm 30 mm 32 mm
2,440 X 1,220 Qty in stack 200 150 100 75 50 50 50 40 30 30

Technical Data

  Thickness mm 4-6 mm 9 mm 12-15 mm 18-21 mm 25 mm 30 mm
Test Methods No. from plates   3 5 7 9 11 13
EN 323 Density kg/m³ 625 575 525 525 510 510
EN 310 MOR (L) N/mm² 45 45 42 42 40 40
EN 310 MOR (T) N/mm² 35 35 32 32 30 30
EN 310 MOE (L) N/mm² 6.500 6.500 6.000 6.000 5.500 5.500
EN 310 MOE (T) N/mm² 5.500 5.500 5.000 5.000 4.500 4.500
EN 317 Swelling % 10 8 7 5 4 4
EN 717-2 Formaldehyde Emmission mg/h.m² < 3.5 < 3.5 < 3.5 < 3.5 < 3.5 < 3.5

Dimensional Tolerances

EN 324-1 Thickness mm +0.3/-0.5 +0.4/-0.7 +0.5/-0.8 +0.6/-1.0 +0.7/-1.2 +0.8/-1.3
EN 324-1 Length / Width mm/m ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0
EN 324-2 Straightness of Edges mm/m ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0 ± 1.0