SIA Kronospan Riga

Daugavgrivas soseja 7B
LV - 1016 Riga
Latvia

People & eco friendly

Ahead of our time – making carbon negative products

People & eco friendly

Proven track record

 

Kronospan has a long history of leading the industry:


2020
Introduction of E05 compliance standard according to EN 717-1.


2019
Introduction of safety compliance standard.



2015
We are committed to protecting the environment, and labelling our low emission products with the extra low emission E-LE butterfly emblem shows this.


2009
First OSB to receive certification from Energieinstitut Vorarlberg as an environmentally friendly product due to low VOC emissions and formaldehyde-free production technology


2007
OSB ECO with extra low volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions


1989
First factory in Central and East Europe to produce E1 particleboard


1988
First tannin bonded MDF to meet E0 standard


1985
100% of production was turned into E1 standard quality

All Kronospan wood-based panel products meet the European E1* safety standard, limiting the use of certain volatile organic compounds. To be able to unify and standardize production processes, Kronospan has also developed its own safety and environmental- friendly standard under the E-LE butterfly label - introduced in 2015.

In 2019 the TSCA Title VI** was also adopted in order to cover requirements of the market in USA. In 2020 the company introduced boards covering production norms in compliance to the German safety limitations - E1E05 standard established by new DIN EN 16516 reference method and approved by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. It sets new, higher standards of safety limits of coated and uncoated wood-based materials under ChemVerbV***.

 


* E1 is a standard of safety recognized in Europe to signal the maximum levels of formaldehyde of each wood-based panel.

** TSCA Title VI is a standard of safety recognized the USA of the regulation concerning formaldehyde emission from composite wood products.

*** Chemikalien-Verbotsverordnung for wood-based materials.

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