West Fraser (formerly Norbord)

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SterlingOSB Zero PrimedPlus selected for cathedral contract04/04/2024
A Suffolk-based scaffolding and flat roofing specialist has chosen SterlingOSB Zero PrimedPlus from West Fraser for the hoardings around repair works at the St Edmundsbury Cathedral site in Bury St Edmunds. [...]
Perfectly prepared with SterlingOSB Zero PrimedPlus19/03/2024
West Fraser has introduced a new ready-primed version of industry-leading SterlingOSB Zero board which has been created for, site security and hoardings, barriers/screening, temporary public [...]
Modular specialist utilising SterlingOSB Zero to produce high performance SIPs system26/02/2024
A manufacturer of modular buildings utilising its own high performance Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) is providing a value-added service to contractors and self-builders across the [...]
The quietest member of the West Fraser family09/02/2024
What is the best sound-reducing floorboard range on the market? CaberAcoustic from West Fraser is a highly versatile, effective and economical sound-reducing flooring solution. Reducing [...]
Bristol builder banking on West Fraser boards16/01/2024
A Bristol-based building company, active across a variety of sectors, relies on the performance and physical robustness of the panels manufactured by West Fraser Europe [...]
Rain, snow, ice? No problem for West Fraser’s CaberDek flooring leading the pack for housebuilders07/11/2023
CaberDek is one of West Fraser’s flagship quality flooring products designed to ensure that, whatever weather befalls UK construction sites, work can continue cleanly and [...]
Engineered in the UK to shape a sustainable tomorrow24/10/2023
With the market being flooded with cheap imports, an increasing number of architects are opting to bolster the UK economy by specifying domestically-produced products and [...]
CaberFloor performance cuts it for Cotswolds carpenter23/10/2023
A specialist carpenter, who works across much of the Cotswolds carrying out new-build and refurbishment work, has been making use of CaberFloor P5 and other panel products [...]
Taylor Lane Timber Frame finds multiple applications for SterlingOSB Zero22/09/2023
One of the UK’s biggest manufacturers of timber frame homes, with factories in England and Wales, is making full use of the performance and economic [...]
Understanding SterlingOSB Zero27/07/2023
All West Fraser’s Oriented Strand Board (OSB) products are manufactured using selected fibres of timber that are laid in cross directional layers and mechanically pressed to [...]
SterlingOSB Zero’s shear strength leads to selection for WikiHouse switch26/04/2023
A programme of testing being carried out by one of the country’s leading research universities is expected to verify the team’s early findings around the [...]
West Fraser – cutting out waste for a greener wood panel30/03/2023
We all know that we need to protect the environment and try to undo some of the damage that has been done in the past. [...]
CaberShieldPlus flooring provides safe and sustainable working platform16/02/2023
LISTEN HERE CaberShieldPlus, from West Fraser (Trading as Norbord Europe Ltd), is a durable, P5 flooring which features a permanent, waterproof coating on both sides. [...]
Never come unstuck with West Fraser and CaberFix18/01/2023
The CaberFix range, which can be used with many of West Fraser’s panel products, comprises three glue types and two choices of adhesive tape; having [...]
South London loft conversion specialist finds multiple uses for West Fraser’s SterlingOSB Zero12/10/2022
LISTEN HERE A family-run firm from Surrey, which specialises in loft conversions and the creation of bespoke garden rooms, is making extensive use of SterlingOSB [...]
CaberDek Weatherproofs Flooring with Protective Film15/09/2022
CaberDek, from West Fraser (Trading as Norbord), is ideally suited to the UK's unpredictable climate, being that it combines the company's market leading particleboard flooring with a [...]
UK manufactured West Fraser SterlingOSB Zero T&G ensures reliability29/08/2022
SterlingOSB Zero T&G, from timber panel specialist, West Fraser (Trading as Norbord), presents specifiers with precision-engineered tongue and groove boards which are typically used for pitched or [...]
CaberFloor P5 for creak-free flooring15/08/2022
CaberFloor P5, from timber panel specialist West Fraser, trading as Norbord, is the UK’s most popular moisture resistant flooring panel of its type. It is [...]
SterlingOSB Zero stars in Westminster housing and retail community project06/04/2022
SterlingOSB Zero panels, popular with specifiers, architects and builders, are not only durable, strong and easy-to-handle, they are carbon negative and employed for interesting aesthetic properties. [...]
West Fraser’s net carbon negative SterlingOSB Zero – sustainability for all applications03/02/2022
From timber-frame construction to furniture building, retail interiors to trendy nightspots, West Fraser’s (formerly known as Norbord) portfolio of OSB products, all of which are [...]
West Fraser’s CaberFloor provides a solution for all applications21/01/2022
LISTEN HERE 🔊 When considering flooring products for new-build or refurbishment projects, the housebuilder and specifier can be sure that West Fraser’s CaberFloor range includes the perfect solution. Just as [...]
Good old British winter? Protect your project with West Fraser’s CaberDek flooring leading the pack01/11/2021
CaberDek is one of West Fraser’s flagship quality flooring products designed to ensure that, whatever weather befalls UK construction sites, work can continue cleanly and [...]
A mindful eco build from Blue Sky Property Services and West Fraser22/09/2021
LISTEN HERE 🔊 Timber frame specialist, Blue Sky Property Services, of Norfolk, is always mindful of the environmental impact of its building and renovating projects. [...]
West Fraser’s CaberWood MDF is perfect around the home28/07/2021
From furniture to architectural mouldings, MDF is ubiquitous around the modern home. As a building material, MDF is like sticky tape and a multitude of [...]
Norbord’s updated online and interactive resources needed for building in 202127/01/2021
As the UK’s biggest supplier of premium engineered wood panels to the UK construction and housebuilding market, Norbord has always been committed to supporting customers [...]
CaberShieldPlus; keeping you building for up to 60 days, even with the roof off27/03/2020
CaberShieldPlus is the ideal flooring solution when building in Britain's unpredictable climate. Comprising Norbord's popular moisture-resistant CaberFloor P5 tongue-and-groove particleboard flooring panel, CaberShieldPlus is specially designed to withstand exposure to [...]
Stronger together with Norbord05/03/2020
The winning entries in the Stronger Together children's drawing competition, proudly displayed at Norbord's Cowie plant As leaders in the engineered wood panel industry, Norbord [...]
Loft living with CaberBoard flooring05/09/2019
Leeds-based New Storey Homes, who specialise in loft conversions and expanding storage spaces, repeatedly chooses Norbord's CaberDekfor its builds as it is easy to use and [...]
Award-winning designs with Norbord's SterlingOSB Zero05/09/2019
As a renting tenant, Medina Grillo was bored with bland walls and out-dated furnishings. Now an award-winning interiors blogger with a new makeover book aimed at the [...]
Environment Secretary visits Stirling manufacturer to hear challenges facing UK wood basket18/06/2019
Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, met with one of the UK's leading wood panel [...]

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SterlingOSB Zero PrimedPlus selected for cathedral contract04/04/2024

Perfectly prepared with SterlingOSB Zero PrimedPlus19/03/2024

Modular specialist utilising SterlingOSB Zero to produce high performance SIPs system26/02/2024

The quietest member of the West Fraser family09/02/2024

Bristol builder banking on West Fraser boards16/01/2024

Rain, snow, ice? No problem for West Fraser’s CaberDek flooring leading the pack for housebuilders07/11/2023

Engineered in the UK to shape a sustainable tomorrow24/10/2023

CaberFloor performance cuts it for Cotswolds carpenter23/10/2023

Taylor Lane Timber Frame finds multiple applications for SterlingOSB Zero22/09/2023

Understanding SterlingOSB Zero27/07/2023

SterlingOSB Zero’s shear strength leads to selection for WikiHouse switch26/04/2023

West Fraser – cutting out waste for a greener wood panel30/03/2023

CaberShieldPlus flooring provides safe and sustainable working platform16/02/2023

Never come unstuck with West Fraser and CaberFix18/01/2023

South London loft conversion specialist finds multiple uses for West Fraser’s SterlingOSB Zero12/10/2022

CaberDek Weatherproofs Flooring with Protective Film15/09/2022

UK manufactured West Fraser SterlingOSB Zero T&G ensures reliability29/08/2022

CaberFloor P5 for creak-free flooring15/08/2022

SterlingOSB Zero stars in Westminster housing and retail community project06/04/2022

West Fraser’s net carbon negative SterlingOSB Zero – sustainability for all applications03/02/2022

West Fraser’s CaberFloor provides a solution for all applications21/01/2022

Good old British winter? Protect your project with West Fraser’s CaberDek flooring leading the pack01/11/2021

A mindful eco build from Blue Sky Property Services and West Fraser22/09/2021

West Fraser’s CaberWood MDF is perfect around the home28/07/2021

Norbord’s updated online and interactive resources needed for building in 202127/01/2021

CaberShieldPlus; keeping you building for up to 60 days, even with the roof off27/03/2020

Stronger together with Norbord05/03/2020

Loft living with CaberBoard flooring05/09/2019

Award-winning designs with Norbord's SterlingOSB Zero05/09/2019

Environment Secretary visits Stirling manufacturer to hear challenges facing UK wood basket18/06/2019

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