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What is Particleboard?
Particleboard uses wood fiber that would otherwise be discarded as waste, held together with synthetic resin "binders." Particleboard has been the preferred core material for residential and commercial cabinetry and fixtures since its introduction over 40 years ago, and is today's most stable, economical and resource-efficient substrate for furniture, millwork, and countertops.
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Absolutely no trees are harvested in the production of Tafisa’s particleboard. TafiPan, a Tafisa-branded particleboard, is made solely from recycled and recovered wood fiber and is, by its very nature, a sustainable and “green” product. TafiPan-Eco is Tafisa’s “even greener” particleboard alternative as it is produced with non-added urea-formaldehyde (NAUF) binders.
Eighty percent of the raw materials used in the production of particleboard are from primary and secondary wood processors like lumber mills, plywood and furniture plants. The remaining 20% is post-consumer urban waste wood material from commercial and residential construction and demolition.
State-of-the-art manufacturing technology allows Tafisa to adjust the components of particleboard products to comply with ANSI 208.1-2009 standards for physical/mechanical properties as well as the world's most stringent air emissions standards as stipulated by the California Air Resources Board, CARB. |
What is Thermofused Melamine (TFM)?
TFM panels take engineered wood substrates one step further, turning particleboard into a finished decorative panel by thermally fusing a durable decorative surface to each face.
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Thermofused melamine (TFM) is a high-value, decorative surface panel. Tafisa TFM panels begin with TafiPan or TafiPan-Eco at the core and then undergo a process of thermally fusing (no gluing necessary!) a decorative paper printed with high-resolution woodgrains, abstract designs or solid colors to either one of both surfaces of the panel. The papers are treated with a melamine resin that, under heat and pressure, actually become part of the panel itself - thus the term "thermofused" melamine.
Tafisa's TFM is used in conjunction with complementary products to produce commercial millwork, office and healthcare furniture, retail displays, residential furniture, kitchen & bathroom cabinetry, closet organizers, and wall panelling...anywhere a decorative, durable, economical, easy-to-maintain surface is needed.
Click here for more details on the inherently green properties of Tafisa's particleboard and TFM decorative panels. |
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Our Products
TafiPan® is Tafisa's branded particleboard.
TafiPan-Eco® is Tafisa's no added urea-formaldehyde (NAUF) particleboard brand.
TafiLam® is Tafisa's branded thermofused melamine (TFM) decorative panel.
TafiLam-Eco® is Tafisa's decorative TFM based on TafiPan-Eco NAUF particleboard.
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