EYE-CATCHER IN SMARTPLY SITEPROTECT
Special construction site barriers made of SmartPly SiteProtect have formed a bright and eye-catching addition to a site in Tilburg in the Netherlands, during the new build of a new Amarant day-care centre. Amarant is a global organisation founded to provided support and assistance for people with disabilities and their families
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SMARTPLY SITEPROTECT HELPS KEEP WAVERLEY STATION RUNNING
This spring, major improvement work commenced at Network Rail’s Waverley Station, Edinburgh, as part of a £130m renovation.
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SMARTPLY OSB – THE UNCOMPROMISING SUBSTITUTE
SmartPly OSB, the fully certified substitute for plywood, is the smart alternative in any number of applications, from boarding windows, packaging, shopfitting and hoarding, to timber frame construction.
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SMARTPLY PROVIDES HIDDEN SUPPORT FOR TRANSFORMATION OF CLAPTON LIBRARY
The renovation of Clapton Library in Hackney marks the next chapter of the Edwardian neo-classical building, which first opened on 17th January 1914. Since November 2008, work has been undertaken to restore the library to its former glory, retaining and uncovering its original features, while updating its facilities. The new library has a striking extension - clad in zinc and fixed to 240m2 of FSC certified SmartPly OSB 3 - which was designed by renowned architectural practice Shepheard Epstein Hunter. The transformed library was reopened by Mayor of Hackney, Jules Pipe, in February 2010.
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SmartPly coated OSB (oriented strand board) product, SiteProtect, has been specified as the site hoarding for a brand new development at Bluewater
SmartPly’s coated OSB (oriented strand board) product, SiteProtect, has been specified as the site hoarding for a brand new development at Bluewater, Europe's largest and most innovative retail and leisure destination.
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SmartPly SiteProtect OSB used for world’s longest free-standing billboard, unveiled by Paddy Power at Cheltenham
Paddy Power, Ireland's biggest and most successful bookmaker, unveiled the world’s longest free-standing billboard today on Cleeve Hill, overlooking Cheltenham Racecourse.
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Time To Move
COILLTE PANEL PRODUCTS has relocated the SMARTPLY office Soest to join the MEDITE office in Herten.
From now on it’s one address for two brands in FSC certified wood based panels: SmartPly OSB and Medite MDF.
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DUTCH WOOD DAY 2009 – Sustainability above all in the EU
The Nationale Houtdag (Dutch National Wood Day) 2009, organised by the magazine Het Houtblad and held on 1st December, saw knowledge shared on forestry, wood, wood applications, engineering, maintenance and architectural design, and was focused on inspiring the audience of more than 300 architects, designers, engineers, and trade representatives.
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Netherlands Architect designs extra space to feature SmartPly OSB
An interior application using SmartPly OSB, the smart FSC alternative to plywood, was recently completed for Bureau B+O Architecten B.V, who have established their office in a former gasworks in Meppel, in The Netherlands. The practice designed for themselves a 14 meter long elongated, rectangular, free-standing office unit to give them the additional space they needed.
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A first in the Netherlands
SmartPly’s OSB (oriented strand board) coated product SiteProtect, has added to its list of applications and range of uses: the construction of advertising billboards. Leading Dutch timber and building products supplier Jongeneel in Breda, enjoyed a first in delivering FSC certified SiteProtect for a large-format billboard structure on which the new “De Keizer” apartment complex, to be built near Rotterdam, is impressively presented.
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New Technical Manager joins SmartPly
David Murray has been appointed as Technical Manager for SmartPly, part of Coillte Panel Products.
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SmartPly OSB helps Tommy fix a house for Free
This autumn, expert builder and DIY guru Tommy Walsh was joined by his sidekick, maverick builder and compulsive scavenger Liam Collins for a new Discovery Real Time series from production company Flame TV: “Tommy’s Fix Your House For Free?”. With more and more people finding that money is tight, Tommy decided to tackle his biggest project yet - helping families enhance their homes for very little cash.
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Material Beauty
A new art work was commissioned by environmentally aware and innovative wood panel products manufacturer Coillte Panel Products. With a new office in Dartford, they wanted an art work which made a difference to both the space and the people who use it.
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SmartPly SiteProtect Wins Excellence in Marketing Award
Coillte Panel Products - one of Coillte, the Irish forestry and forest products company’s three divisions - won the hotly contested 2009 Excellence In Marketing award at the annual timber industry awards event held on 17th September by the Timber Trades Journal at the Park Lane Hotel in London.
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Every SmartPly SiteProtect Panel Helps Tesco's Latest Eco-Stores
SmartPly’s new coated site hoarding product SiteProtect is being used for perimeter security during the construction of the two latest eco-store developments for Tesco PLC.
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SmartPly SiteProtect Hoarding in the UK
SmartPly’s new SiteProtect coated hoarding panel is being embraced by leading contractors and clients across the UK. SiteProtect, the smart OSB answer for site hoarding and security applications, is a durable coated panel designed to save both time and money.
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SmartPly OSB for Newcastle Great Park
11,500m2 18mm SmartPly OSB3 is being used for a new care home and affordable housing units at the 1,200 acre Newcastle Great Park (NGP) development; an impressive and sustainable urban development situated in the North East of England.
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SmartPly OSB - The FSC choice of Glastonbury Festival
Over 2000 sheets of FSC certified SmartPly OSB3 has been supplied to the Glastonbury Festival by local supplier, Snows Timber. "We are striving to keep pushing ourselves on the green issues within the festival.
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SmartPly sustains material promotion
JOSB Done, the generic OSB industry promotion campaign, is now in its fourth year. The ongoing communications campaign flies the flag for Oriented Strand Board (OSB), promoting the wide range of benefits it has and the solutions it offers many industries - from construction to packaging.
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SmartPly OSB premium product for packaging
SmartPly OSB (oriented strand board) is an innovative, environmentally-friendly, FSC certified timber based solution which is used in a vast range of structural and non-structural, interior and exterior applications. In Northern Ireland, Pallet Recovery Services and their new prestigious packaging division, the Antrim Box Company, turned to SmartPly to answer their specific material needs.
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Overbury & Allsite choose new SmartPly SiteProtect site hoarding
Newham Council is bringing 2,000 of its key office based staff together under one roof in the Royal Docks, east London, in Building 1000 - the £70m landmark first phase of the Royals Business Park, off Royal Albert Way, only a short distance from Canary Wharf.
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Sisk choose SmartPly SiteProtect for new Microsoft construction site
Following the January launch of SiteProtect from SmartPly, the durable, pre-coated, smooth panel developed specifically for site hoarding and security applications has been embraced by contractors across Ireland who have been seeking an FSC certified, high quality, secure site barrier product which is locally produced and manufactured.
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SmartPly launches SiteProtect
SmartPly is set for a strong start to 2009 with the launch of SmartPly SiteProtect - a durable coated panel specifically for site hoarding and security applications, widening SmartPly's product offering in the UK, Ireland and international markets...
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New Greenpeace Report Endorses Panel Product Alternatives
A new report from the environmental group Greenpeace shows how the UK construction industry can have a positive influence on management practices in forests around the world...
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Why SmartPly OSB is a smart answer for a cleaner, greener Glastonbury
The Glastonbury Festival is almost as famous for its muddy quagmires as it is for featuring some of the biggest names in rock and pop and, even with sunny spells forecast for last weekend's event, festival-goers invariably arrived armed with welly boots and umbrellas...
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SmartPly Precision
After serious consideration and an exhaustive environmental impact study, it was agreed that a tunnel under the river Shannon was needed to offer necessary and long term socio-economic benefits to Limerick and the surrounding area...
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The Art of SmartPly
This summer, a new commission by Fabrica, a Brighton-based gallery promoting understanding of contemporary art, has seen the creation of a magical blend of fractal landscape and architectural folly in the form of The Undercroft...
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Kingston Design Students Feed An Olympic Appetite
Second year BA (hons) Product and Furniture Design students at Kingston University had a real challenge this term. The leaders of Kingston's fast expanding and unique course worked with Coillte Panel Products...
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Structurally sound sustainable solutions
With the national media continuing to investigate and report questionable material choices in public sector building projects, OSB offers a real tick-box answer for architects, specifiers and contractors who need to adhere to 'legal and sustainable' requirements, right down to the perimeter fencing...
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New SmartPly OSB information Pack for Ireland
SmartPly OSB has developed a brand new pack of information which will be seen by those involved in construction and specification in Ireland - from builders' providers, to architects, to government ministers...
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SmartPly OSB Commissions new board marking system
The Irish-based high quality Oriented Strand Board manufacturer, SmartPly, installed an advanced board marking system to their main production line in April...
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Its time 2 Choose
"Time To Choose" is the vital imperative that's the focus and the theme of Coillte Panel Products' pioneering new advertising campaign...
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SmartPly Poster Campaign for 2008
SmartPly OSB, the innovative and environmentally-friendly wood-based panel product for structural and non-structural building applications, launched its poster and point-of-sale campaign with a topical "Trapattoni" poster last month, and new posters will continue to be supplied to builders providers across Ireland throughout 2008...
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MDF And OSB's Potential Now Explained Online
Coillte Panel Products has been working extensively with wood for good to develop two new education topics - Module 16: OSB (Oriented Strand Board) and Module 17: MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) - for their Online Learning resource...
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Smartply OSB - Why Use Anything Else?
With the national media continuing to investigate and report questionable material choices in public sector building projects, SmartPly OSB offers a real tick-box answer for architects, specifiers and contractors who need to adhere to 'legal and sustainable' requirements, right down to the perimeter fencing...
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Trapattoni? Some Choices Are Simpler And Closer To Home"
SmartPly OSB, the innovative and environmentally-friendly wood-based panel product for structural and non-structural building applications, has produced a topical point of sale poster which can now be seen in builders' providers across Ireland...
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Smartply Builders Providers Football Tournament A Huge Success
Last Saturday, nearly 200 players and supporters braved a wet January afternoon at the Oscar Traynor Coaching and Development Centre in Dublin, to be part of the inaugural SmartPly Builders Providers 5-a-side Football Championship and Challenge Cup...
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New Home In The UK For Coillte Panel Products
Just over a year has passed since Coillte's acquisition of Medite's MDF business from Weyerhaeuser Company in November 2006...
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Builders' Providers Tournament Kicks Off 2008
On Saturday 12th January 2008, new Amateur Football League (AFL) sponsor SmartPly OSB has arranged a one-day five-a-side football tournament for 16 teams drawn from builders' providers across Dublin...
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SmartPly OSB to Sponsor Amateur Football League
Waterford based SmartPly, a subsidiary of Coillte, the Irish forestry and forest products company, today announced that it is the new sole, official sponsor of the Amateur Football League of Ireland for the 2007/08 season and beyond...
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Smartply OSB Floor Used In Prestigious St Pancras Project
The development of St Pancras Station is speeding towards its November 2007 deadline with some help from FSC certified SmartPly OSB Floor...
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Smartply Is Smart Answer In National Trust For Scotland Project
Smartply OSB has displayed its versatility and environmental credentials in a prestigious National Trust project at the Culloden Battlefield...
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SmartPly now under the banner of Coillte Panel Products
Two of Europe's most successful wood-based panel brands have been brought together under a single banner....
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