Structural Plywood

Since the benefits of plywood are immense, an array of plywood varieties are available for timber projects. It is offered in many different types and is categorised in many different ways, based on the applications for which it is used. Structural plywood is best used for the building and construction of beams, formwork panels, wall…

Lightweight plywood has a plethora of applications and benefits. Aside from weight, lightweight plywood has the same properties as all other types of plywood. When it comes to lightweight plywood, hardwood with veneer core is the preferred option, which is made of a fir core covered on one side with a wood-grain veneer. Matilda Veneer is well-known for its high-quality wooden products sourced from sustainably managed forests in Australia and around the world.

Hoop pine plywood is well-established for use in residential and commercial projects in Australia. Hoop pine is native to the forests in Southeast Queensland (QLD) and Northwest New South Wales (NSW). It produces natural timber veneer that has been used by architects and designers for decades due to its various useful and beautiful features.

Matilda Veneer offers high-quality blackbutt veneer, hoop pine plywood, and other lightweight plywood varieties, as well as architectural veneers like sliced veneer, rotary veneer, and enhanced veneer, fire-rated solutions like Fireply X and Matilda Fireply, and appearance grade panels like birch plywood, hoop pine plywood, and Matilda Lite Ply.

Best quality plywood and veneer varieties Matilda Veneer offers high-quality blackbutt veneer, hoop pine plywood, and other lightweight plywood varieties, as well as architectural veneers like sliced veneer, rotary veneer, and enhanced veneer, fire-rated solutions like Fireply X and Matilda Fireply, and appearance grade panels like birch plywood, hoop pine plywood, and Matilda Lite Ply.

Matilda Veneer provides the best quality lightweight plywood available which can be used in various internal, external and structural projects in Australia. Its cross-graining helps to increase the durability of a structure as the possibility of the edge being split when nailed is significantly reduced. Lightweight plywood also increases the strength of the object as the grains bind more tightly.

‘The Art of Veneering’ is a behind-the-scenes look at what we do and why we do it. This video features a step-by-step walk-through of the intricate processes involved in producing our timber veneer. Watch and learn for more reasons why Matilda is the right choice when it comes to selecting and specifying natural, unique and beautiful veneers for your designs and projects.

Understanding Fire Ratings for Walls and Ceiling Linings: Specifying Natural Timber Panels for Beauty, Performance and Compliance provides guidance on specifying fire-rated solutions for wall and ceiling linings that meet all the aesthetic and performance requirements of modern interiors.

Fire rated plywood available at Matilda Veneer is not only fire resistant but also weather-resistant, and is ideal for use in offices, homes, and places where fire activities are not only routinely undertaken but water exposure is also high, such as hotels, restaurants, kitchens in homes, ships, and manufacturing facilities.

Matilda Veneer's fire rated boards are ideal for use in building compartments, encasing electrical cables, and air conditioning and smoke extraction ducts. Designers have traditionally followed a set of prescriptive Fire Code requirements for providing passive fire protection.

Whether you are living in a country cottage or a city townhouse, Tasmanian oak veneer will bring warmth and natural beauty to your home. It is best finished with a non-yellowish clear coating. The grain detail of Tasmanian oak veneer can be combined with birch plywood for use in a variety of aesthetic applications including ceiling lining, wall panelling, furniture and many more.

Matilda Veneer offers the best-quality spotted gum veneer for use in a variety of applications including cladding, lining and joinery, quality indoor and outdoor furniture, and parquetry. The uniqueness of every log of timber veneer in Australia, available at Matilda Veneer, means that each project will have its own unique look and appeal.

Matilda Veneer provides the highest quality sliced veneer and timber veneer in Australia, preserving all of the unique and natural characteristics of the wood, such as burls, burrs, birdseye, figures, quilts, block mottle, stripe, fiddleback, and flames. Birdseye is visible on the back-cut surfaces of certain species, most notably Maple. Birdseye is distinguished by numerous rounded areas resembling small bird eyes.

The fire rated boards available from Matilda Veneer are versatile and prefinished to meet the increasingly stringent Australian fire safety standards. Fireply X fire rated ply is certified with Fire Hazard Group 2, making it appropriate for use in almost all areas of all class 2-9 buildings as defined by the Building Code of Australia (BCA), with a focus on solving major design and compliance challenges.

Matilda Fireply is a lightweight, fire retardant plywood that is suitable for interior wall and ceiling lining in areas with high hire hazards. Most fire-rated boards in Australia are treated after they are manufactured, limiting their fire resistance.

Matilda Veneer provides birch plywood, spotted gum veneer and other types of veneers and plywood with low-maintenance, slip and wear-resistant properties that are best suited for the most demanding applications.

Structural plywood is best used for the building and construction of beams, formwork panels, wall bracing, sheathing, and hoardings. Matilda Veneer has a vast collection of the best-quality structural plywood, marine plywood and non-structural plywood which offer a variety of benefits, such as surface-dimensional stability, high strength-to-weight ratio, high-impact resistance, panel shear and chemical resistance.

Matilda Veneer has the best quality blackbutt veneer, sliced veneer and timber veneer in Australia, which you can choose from to use in your panels, walls, floorings, furniture and joinery. You should also consult the supplier for the best substrate and timber veneer in Australia, that will be appropriate for your application.

Matilda Veneer offers the highest quality fire rated plywood and fire rated boards that have passed the standard fire penetration test, flame penetration test, and rate of burning test. In Australia, fire rated board and fire rated plywood must bear a stamp containing technical data about the product's features and properties, as well as the mark or name of the inspection agency.

Matilda Veneer has an extensive range of the best quality Tasmanian oak veneer and spotted gum veneer which is sourced from sustainably managed forests. This means the forests are regrown at a faster rate than the rate of harvest, ensuring continued supply without an adverse impact on the environment.

Matilda Veneer is renowned for sourcing and manufacturing natural, unique, and beautiful veneers for architectural specifications from Australia and around the world. It continuously does full testing on all its birch retardant panels to ensure that they meet the needs of the project applications, and the regulatory requirements.

Matilda Veneer offers the highest quality fire-rated boards with outstanding thermal stability, allowing them to withstand the fire for an extended period of time, giving building occupants enough time to leave and flee for safety.

While choosing a supplier of timber veneer in Australia, you need to consider one who has high credibility and uses the industry’s best practices in producing sliced timber veneers and other veneer variations. Matilda Veneer has the best quality blackbutt veneer, sliced veneer and timber veneer in Australia, which you can choose from to use in your panels, walls, floorings, furniture and joinery.

Matilda Veneer is Australia's leading provider of fire-rated plywood and fire-rated boards. Matilda Veneer stocks a wide range of fire rated boards and fire rated plywood to meet any project requirement. Because of their composition, the products available at Matilda Veneer provide the highest level of sustainability.

Explore our exquisite collection of Hoop Pine Plywood, renowned for its superior quality and versatile applications. Matilda Veneer offers the finest selection of sustainably sourced Hoop Pine Plywood for your architectural and design needs.