Wood and wooden panels are used for their solidity but also for their warm appearence. Different types exist, we will discuss the major groups:

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Natural wood

Luxury and warm, can be tainted or varnished. Precious, costly, not ecological and thus seldom used in POS.

Chiboard

Engineered wood. a cheap hardboard made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin. The fronts and sides are finished with melamine, laminate, veneer, or PVC. Open sides are bonded manually, this is a costly operation and to be avoided, raison why MDF or mould MDF is more often used.

MDF

Medium density fiberboard is an engineered wood. A special type of pigmented tempered hardboard characterized by a very fine, smooth finish. MDF can be easily transformed and is more typically used for varnished or lacked applications. Fronts can be in melamine, laminate, veneer, …

Melamine

A décor layer of chemically fused printed paper pressed and sealed onto engineered board. Melamine exist in different colors and designs. Melamine can be uncolored, have different designs or wood grains.

Laminated wood

Engineered wood bonded with a protective transparent overlay over a decor layer impregnated with a melamine resin. The top layer has "natural" surface structure showing the natural wood veneer, pressed exactly on the décor.

Veneer

Thin sheets of natural wood bonded onto engineered panels to cover the lower quality surface to make it look better.

Foil front

Good imitation for lacquered wood. A foil is pressed on MDF obtaining seamless and round corners and joints. As costly as laminated woods, but the borders don’t need manual finishing. 

Plywood

Laminated panel product manufactured by gluing together layers of veneer in a sandwich with the grain of alternate layers oriented at right angles to provide strength.

Lacquered wood

Coated MDF. Resistant, scratch-resistant, waterproof. High, standard or low gloss. Different surface structures are possible (grain, orange, ..).

During the design of your POS we will obviously show samples of all the proposed materials.

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