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Let sleeping dogs lie with Norbord's super-quiet flooring31/01/2019
Norbord's CaberFloor P5 – the UK's most specified chipboard flooring product, has been upgraded to produce a high performance floor with reduced impact and airborne noise [...]
Royal visit marks manufacturing success at Norbord08/11/2018
Norbord, leader in engineered wood panel manufacture, welcomed His Royal Highness, The Duke of York KG to the Inverness factory to commemorate one year of [...]
StrongFix – improved support from Norbord15/10/2018
Sometimes, even the simple task of hanging a picture or a mirror on an interior partition wall has been fraught with difficulty due to the [...]
CaberShieldPlus, flooring that keeps you building even with the roof off19/07/2018
CaberShieldPlus is the ideal flooring solution when building in Britain’s unpredictable climate. Based on Norbord’s popular moisture-resistant CaberFloor P5 tongue-and-groove particleboard flooring panel, CaberShieldPlus is [...]
CaberShieldPlus from Norbord enables speedy building13/07/2018
Norbord’s flooring product, CaberShieldPlus, is being used by Sylva Design & Build Solutions at Graven Hill, Bicester where they are creating new affordable homes. Sylva [...]
Timber frame is re-shaping the UK house-building industry25/06/2018
Recent developments in the housebuilding industry look set to stimulate the market for timber frame construction, says Norbord marketing manager, David Connacher. Housebuilding has proved [...]
SterlingOSB and Social Bite help homeless with unique accommodation01/06/2018
Norbord has supplied 11 packs of its market-leading SterlingOSB to help a pioneering Scottish charity build accommodation for the homeless in Edinburgh. The material – [...]
Shanly Homes chooses Norbord flooring for price and reliability01/06/2018
For nearly 50 years Shanly Homes has been building homes in the South East of England. Since their inception in 1969, the regional building company [...]
Timber frame is re-shaping the UK house-building industry31/05/2018
Recent developments in the housebuilding industry look set to stimulate the market for timber frame construction, says Norbord marketing manager, David Connacher Housebuilding has proved [...]
Modern apprenticeships boost from partnership with college18/05/2018
A new Modern Apprenticeship programme has been created at Norbord, Inverness, to develop skills that are focused on the technical and manufacturing aspects of the [...]
£95million mill expansion unveiled by the First Minister27/04/2018
On April 23 2018, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon unveiled a new manufacturing line at Norbord’s Inverness plant following a £95million investment. Highlands and Islands Enterprise [...]
Sweet success with CaberShieldPlus from Norbord24/04/2018
CaberShieldPlus, Norbord’s most advanced flooring panel, is the system of choice for RJ Sweet Building Services in all domestic or commercial projects. “We pride ourselves [...]
Right royal day out for safety duo16/04/2018
Norbord's Devon-based Health & Safety Manager, Maria Collett, and Caberdecor/Lamination Operator, Tony Waters, enjoyed a royal day out when they attended The Royal Society for [...]
Norbord achieves Structural Timber Assure Gold status16/03/2018
Norbord's position in the timber frame industry, as manufacturer of key product, SterlingOSB, has been acknowledged by reaching the Structural Timber Association's (STA) Assure Gold status. STA Assure is [...]
SterlingOSB StrongFix – for heavyweight fixtures and fittings in dry lining applications from Norbord15/03/2018
The new SterlingOSB StrongFix panel has been designed to strengthen and provide secure anchorage areas in metal C-stud dry lining applications, for fixtures and fittings up to [...]
Shhhh! Norbord's new flooring is very hush-hush!22/02/2018
Designed for both domestic and non-domestic applications, CaberAcoustic from Norbord comprises 28mm and 32mm variants of tongue-and-grooved particleboard panels with a 10mm sound-reducing layer bonded to the [...]
Norbord best-selling flooring solutions designed for today’s busy builder07/12/2017
For many years, the preferred material for decking suspended timber floors has been chipboard – and that shows no sign of changing. Norbord’s CaberBoard flooring [...]
Timber’s time has come27/11/2017
David Connacher of Norbord explores the recent developments in the housebuilding industry that are providing sustained momentum in the timber frame construction market. Housebuilding has [...]
Timber Frame is re-shaping the UK housebuilding industry12/10/2017
Recent developments in the housebuilding industry look set to stimulate the market for timber frame construction. Housebuilding has proved the most buoyant sector of the [...]
Use Wood Wisely18/08/2017
The UK Government has signed up to meet CO2 emissions targets by ensuring that 15% of all our energy requirements are met from ‘renewable’ energy [...]
The theory of reforestation restoring the CO2 balance instantaneously is a fallacy17/08/2017
While wood is a renewable and versatile resource which, when used sensibly, is proven to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, the theory of reforestation restoring [...]
UK ‘green’ policies will accelerate global deforestation16/08/2017
Hosted by Norbord, leader in panel products, www.usewoodwisely.co.uk explains the woody biomass/timber supply argument which has seen UK wood-using industries confront government. Whether the visitor [...]
The Burning Issue – Not all forms of biomass are environmentally-positive so why are they incentivised?15/08/2017
Biomass is not always the environmentally-positive energy solution that it is claimed to be and subsidies are distorting the market; this is the unequivocal message [...]
We are all paying the price for the biomass subsidy debacle14/08/2017
The revamp of the popular Use Wood Wisely website – www.usewoodwisely.co.uk - answers the demand for more easily-digestible and understandable information on the contentious issue [...]
UK & EU energy policies are a threat to established industries14/08/2017
Hosted by Norbord, leader in panel products, www.usewoodwisely.co.uk explains the issues surrounding the woody biomass and renewable energy policies in the UK and EU which [...]
SterlingOSB SiteCoat for easy-to-brand site hoarding08/08/2017
In today’s brand-heavy world, contractors use site hoardings as advertising or branding billboards to project the best possible public image; Norbord’s SterlingOSB SiteCoat has been [...]
Engineered solutions are taking over from natural wood24/03/2017
In an age when nearly all building products are mass-produced, natural timber has a unique position in the industry. Timber is a natural product and [...]
Norbord launches new nationwide SterlingOSB merchant campaign28/02/2017
Following success of last two years, the industry-wide, national campaign again gives builders and merchants alike the tools they need to maintain the Sterling job [...]
The Burning Issue – “UK taxpayers are funding the UK’s power stations to burn wood”15/02/2017
UK tax payers may have been subsidising power stations to burn wood in a way that creates more carbon emissions than burning coal, says Norbord, [...]
Norbord's CaberWood MDF16/12/2016
Norbord's CaberWood range of Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) is one of the most versatile modern building materials. CaberWood MDF is made by compressing millions of [...]
Norbord announces second #SterlingShots competition winner05/07/2016
Norbord has announced the winner of May’s SterlingOSB #SterlingShots social media competition. John Tennant (@littlejonjoiner), a joiner from Accrington, is the latest winner of £100 [...]
Sitecoat proves a hit with East Anglian builders17/05/2016
Fencing contractor, J. Earl Fencing of Bungay, Suffolk, is finding that Norbord's Sitecoat hoarding product is the panel of choice for discerning builders and developers. [...]
SterlingOSB Roofdek - the perfect roofing panel04/04/2016
For durable, high quality roofing, Norbord's SterlingOSB Roofdek offers reliable and effective performance. Made from tongue-and-grooved OSB board and sanded to give a smooth surface, [...]
Norbord announces £95 million reinvestment in Inverness OSB mill28/01/2016
Norbord has announced a £95 million modernisation and expansion of its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Inverness. The investment will upgrade the mill to continuous [...]
SterlingOSB – a name that means business28/01/2016
When you buy a commodity product like cement or aggregate, the name on the packaging seldom matters. But that's not the case with OSB, it [...]
SterlingOSB – A name that commands respect17/12/2015
Brand esteem is to be expected when you’re talking luxury goods; but does it matter when you’re talking about a commonplace building material like oriented strand board? [...]
Norbord particleboard for all applications14/08/2015
For general building, carcassing and fitting-out work to top quality flooring, Norbord’s market-leading particleboard has the answer. Stable, durable and easy to work, Norbord’s Caberboard [...]
Norbord helps to narrow down the winners of Jewson's Building Better Communities competition14/07/2015
Builders' merchant, Jewson, has been asking people up and down the country to nominate community projects that are in need of a transformation and, after [...]
SterlingOSB is the smart alternative to ply15/05/2015
If you're looking for a general purpose wood panel product that's strong, durable, environmentally friendly and almost half the price of imported softwood ply, look [...]
Norbord product range stars in 3D animation video24/09/2014
Wood-based panel products are so familiar that we often don’t even notice them. Yet, as a new 3D animated demonstration from Norbord demonstrates, products made [...]
Norbord helps schoolchildren build their own house23/07/2014
Most school ‘make-and-do’ projects are conceived on a modest scale and often end up on display in the main foyer. But at Burlington Danes Academy [...]
SterlingOSB - perfect for refurbishment projects20/05/2014
Sterling OSB (oriented strand board) is perfect for today's building refurbishment projects. Increasingly, builders are substituting plywood for Sterling OSB; it's more cost-effective, environmentally-efficient and [...]
Timber framer Caledonia Homes favours Sterling OSB28/04/2014
Aberdeenshire timber frame and self-build kit specialist, Caledonia Homes, can offer its customers a truly home-grown product. One of its principal raw materials is Sterling [...]
The house that Sterling OSB built20/11/2013
Norbord’s Sterling OSB can be seen by millions of building-mad TV viewers on a daily basis as the versatile panel is one of those products [...]
New livery drives Norbord's 'Better By Nature' message home24/07/2013
Norbord’s new innovative “Better By Nature” campaign, explained in a brand new website, www.betterbynature.org.uk, encapsulates the company’s commitment to the environment and, in particular, the [...]