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Mass Plywood Panel (MPP), various thicknesses (Specified by panel build-up)
Veneer-based mass timber panels (MPP) manufactured by Freres with large panel sizes and PRG 320 certification.
Atlas code
COM-TBC-VBP-002
At-a-glance signals
Veneer-based mass timber panels (MPP) manufactured by Freres with large panel sizes and PRG 320 certification.
Overview
Executive summary
Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) is a veneer-based mass timber panel manufactured from layered Douglas-fir/larch veneers. Freres MPP panels are APA PRG 320 certified and supplied in thicknesses from 2 in to 12 in in 1-in increments, with large panel sizes available for floors, roofs, and walls.
Best when…
- Uses 20% less wood than CLT for equivalent performance
- Superior dimensional stability compared to solid timber
- Predictable structural performance through grading
- Carbon negative - stores approximately 835 kg CO₂/m³
- Excellent seismic performance with high ductility
- Available in large panel sizes (3.6m × 14.6m)
- Multiple structural grades available (F10, F16)
- 100% recyclable at end of life
Top advantages
- 01 Uses 20% less wood than CLT for equivalent performance
- 02 Superior dimensional stability compared to solid timber
- 03 Predictable structural performance through grading
- 04 Carbon negative - stores approximately 835 kg CO₂/m³
- 05 Excellent seismic performance with high ductility
Top limitations
- 01 Not manufactured in Australia - import only
- 02 No Australian Standards compliance testing completed
- 03 Single global manufacturer (monopoly supply risk)
- 04 Requires specialist mass timber connections
- 05 Combustible material requiring fire engineering
Technical
Physical ·8
- Density
- 530 kg/m3 Approximate density from SG 0.53.
- Specific gravity
- 0.53 Forest Products Journal MPP study (MC ~12%).
- Porosity
- 15 %
- Water absorption
- 12 %
- UV resistance
- low // Requires protection like all wood products
- Chemical resistance
- moderate // Phenolic adhesive provides some resistance
- pH tolerance
- 5-9
- Surface roughness
- 3.2 µm
Mechanical ·5
- Tensile strength
- 9 MPa
- Compressive strength
- 16.5 MPa
- Flexural strength
- 13.1 MPa
- Shear strength
- 2 MPa
- Poisson's ratio
- 0.35
Sustainability & Health
Embodied carbon & energy ·5
- Embodied carbon
- -835
- Carbon footprint
- -835
- Recycled content
- 0 %
- Renewable content
- 95 %
- Circular score
- 85
Compliance & Fire
Fire performance ·5
- Combustibility class
- combustible // All wood products are combustible
- Fire resistance level
- 90
- Ignition temp
- 250 °C
- Flame spread index
- 45
- Smoke dev. index
- 50
Cost & Lifecycle
Capex & lead time ·5
- Material cost (range)
- $800-1200 USD/m³ // Estimated FOB Oregon
- Material cost (per unit)
- $1000 USD/m³ // Average estimate
- Lead time
- 12-16 weeks // Including shipping from USA
- Annual maintenance
- $5/m² // Interior applications
- Market availability
- special-order // Import only
Service life & durability ·2
- Expected lifespan
- 50
- Maintenance interval
- 5
Layer D
Where it's used
Structural floors (up to 120 minutes fire resistance)
Load-bearing walls (up to 90 minutes fire resistance)
Roof structures
Beams and columns
Shear walls
Elevator and stair shafts
Multi-storey mass timber buildings
Commercial and institutional construction