Sonae Indústria

with a total of 17 plants located in 5 countries on 3 continents, sonae indústria is one of the largest wood-based panel producers in the world. at the end of 2014 the company had 3,596 employees worldwide and a consolidated turnover of 1,015 million euros. wood-based panels are valuable alternatives to solid wood with some clear advantages, namely in terms of efficiency on the use of raw materials. another particular advantage is their dimensional flexibility, which (in contrast to solid wood) allows for the production of tailor-made sizes that can be adapted to the requirements of client applications. hence, today we see wood-based panels replacing solid wood in an increasing number of applications. our base products, typically denominated as "raw products" are comprised of: - particleboard (pb) a very versatile product, suitable for all general uses in the furniture and constrution industries; - medium density fibreboard (mdf) an excellent substitute for solid wood and ideal