Film faced plywood is also called formwork plywood, shuttering plywoods, concrete form.

Film faced plywood is the special plywood with two sides coated with wearable and water proof film. The film is adhesive impregnated paper, which are different from melamine paper overlay, PVC, MDO (MDO plywood) and HDO (HDO plywood). The function of the film is to protect the inside wood from moisture, water, weather and extend the plywood’s service life. Film faced plywood can be used in harsh and outside environment: shuttering plywood, formwork plywood, concrete formwork, floorboard, vehicle building.

Specification of Film Faced Plywood

(1). Film color: brown, black or others

The most common film is brown film or black film . In China, the brown film faced plywood usually has better quality than black film faced plywood. However, it’s not true all the time. Some black film faced plywood has the same high quality as brown film faced plywood. When you making an inquiry, an experienced salesman will know what the real quality you need.

(2). Quality of Film :

In China, there are 2 classifications of film: Local film and imported film . Local film means films made by Chinese companies. Imported film means film made by foreign companies, like Dynea . Dynea film is the best film brand in China. So if you require the best film for your plywood, we will use Dynea film.

(3). Core: poplar, hardwood, Eucalyptus, birch

70% of film faced plywood we are selling is poplar film faced plywood , which is high quality and price is competitive. If you need hardwood film faced plywood, we will use hardwood or eucalyptus veneers. If you want film faced plywood for building bridges or high buildings, you can choose hardwood film faced plywood, as its name says, it’s very hard. We also supply birch film faced plywood ,which are hard and durable, too.

(3). Glue: MR glue, WBP(melamine), WBP(phenolic)

We use these 3 types of glue.  As for the knowledge of the glue, you can refer to the following articles:
What’s MR glue-which is commonly used for plywood / film faced plywood / blockboard
What is WBP glue – which is commonly used for WBP plywood / film faced plywood

(4). Size: 1220X2440mm, 1250X2500mm, or 4′ x 8′, standard size, large size, big size, special size

We produce sizes according to customers’ requirement. The widest size can be 2000mm, max length is 6000mm .

(5).Thickness: 4mm-30mm (4mm / 6mm / 9mm / 12mm / 15mm / 18mm / 21mm-50mm )

We supply very thin film faced plywood as 4mm and thickest plywood up to 50mm. This is our advantage.

(6).Packing: Standard Packing.

Our packing is standard seaworthy packing  .

Applications of Film Faced Plywood

(1) Construction industry: shuttering film faced plywood, concrete form, shuttering concrete form, formwork plywood

Film faced plywood is mainly used for construction . So film faced plywood is also called shuttering film faced plywood, concrete form, shuttering concrete form . Because of this end use, customers usually want WBP film faced plywood , which is more suitable to be used as shuttering for big projects . However, some customers require MR film faced plywood , which are to be used as shuttering for ordinary projects .

(2) Anti-slip film faced plywood: flooring materials for building vehicles, work platforms.

According to the types of face/back, film faced plywood can be divided into smooth film faced plywood and anti-slip film faced plywood. Anti-slip film faced plywood are usually used as flooring materials for vehicles, trucks and platforms .

(3) Film faced plywood can be used for shelves and furniture, too .

Compared with wood veneer faced plywood, film faced plywood is more durable and has more wear-resistant surfaces . So it can be used for making durable furniture and shelves.