apa-europe.org
- apa-europe.org is APA’s special online technical resource
in four European languages – English, Dutch and German,
with useful material also in Spanish. It complements APA’s
comprehensive website www.apawood.org.
- It provides technical Information, case studies, free publications
and downloadable photography. This information is likely to be
most relevant to architects and construction professionals.
- The English section includes an experimental interactive APA
Specification Writer to help architects correctly include
APA trademarked plywood when writing their NBS specifications.
Background
- APA is a nonprofit trade association that has grown and evolved
with the engineered wood industry. It is based in Tacoma on the
edge of the softwood forests of the Pacific North West of America.
- Founded in 1933 as the Douglas Fir Plywood Association,
and later known as the American Plywood Association, it finally
became APA – The Engineered Wood Association to better
reflect the range of products manufactured by APA members.
- These
products now include plywood, oriented strand board (OSB),
glued laminated timber (glulam), composite panels, wood I-joists,
and
laminated veneer lumber.
- APA is also a leading source
of information about engineered wood products for a wide
range of applications. APA
member mills produce approximately 70 percent
of the structural wood panel products manufactured in
North America. Products manufactured by APA members bear
the APA
trademark program.
- One of APA's
primary functions is quality assurance. The APA trademark
appears only on products manufactured by association member
mills and
signify that the manufacturer is committed to APA's rigorous
program of
quality inspection and testing. APA also maintains
a 37,000 square-foot research centre at its corporate headquarters
in
Tacoma, Washington.
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
7011 South 19th Street
Tacoma
WA, 98466
USA
Tel: +1-253-565-6600
Fax:
+1-253-565-7265
e-mail: help@apawood.org
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