FormavinaPlywood · VietnamSend a specification
FormavinaPlywood · Vietnam
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Five member factories · Phu Tho, Vietnam

Vietnam plywood manufacturer and exporter, every grade held to one standard.

Formavina is a leading Vietnamese plywood manufacturer and exporter with five member factories in Phu Tho. Furniture, commercial, film-faced, anti-slip, packing and LVL: you write the specification once, we place it on the factory line that suits it, and every panel is checked against that same sheet before it is loaded.

Send a specificationSee the five families
Five plywood panels stacked on a plaster plinth against an aubergine wall: birch-faced, dark brown film-faced, okoume-faced, pine-faced and plain packing plywood, thin plies visible on every edge
Plate I · Five families, one stack
Member factories
Five, in Dan Thuong and Ha Hoa, Phu Tho
Range
Furniture · Commercial · Construction · Packing · LVL
Thickness
3–40 mm · 1220 × 2440 · 1250 × 2500 mm
Minimum order
One 40HC, mixed by agreement
  • Furniture plywood
  • Commercial plywood
  • Film-faced & anti-slip plywood
  • Packing plywood
  • LVL

Who we are

Five member factories, one Vietnamese plywood maker.

Vietnamese plywood factories are specialists. One presses fine-faced furniture panels all year, another runs phenolic film for formwork, a third turns out packing grades by the container. Buyers who need more than one of these usually end up managing three suppliers, three quality habits and three sets of paperwork.

Formavina brings five member factories in Dan Thuong and Ha Hoa, Phu Tho, under one name and one standard. The factories make the panels; we write the specification with you, choose the line that makes it best, check it the same way whichever factory pressed it, and ship it together.

One specification. The right factory. One standard. One container.

The Formavina Standard

Four rules every order follows.

The Standard is a short document that travels with each order, from the first quotation to the loading photographs. It does not change with the mill.

The Formavina Standard

Formavina Standard · issued with every order
  1. 2.1

    Written before any mill is chosen

    Face, back, core species, glue, emission class, thickness, tolerance, size, surface and packing are fixed on one specification sheet. The quotation, the production order and the inspection all refer to that sheet and nothing else.

  2. 2.2

    Made on the line that fits it

    Each item goes to the member factory whose line, core supply and certificates suit it: fine furniture faces to a furniture line, film-faced panels to a formwork line, packing grades to a packing line. You are never given a construction panel made on a line built for something else.

  3. 2.3

    Checked the same way at every mill

    Thickness, size, squareness, face grade, core joints and moisture are checked against the specification sheet before bundles are closed, with photographs of faces, edges and the packed bundles sent before loading.

  4. 2.4

    Documented by the factory that made it

    Certificates, test reports and origin dossiers come from the factory that pressed your panels, so the claim on the paperwork is the claim of the producer. We collect them, check them against the order and send them as one set.

The range

Five families of plywood, one specification language.

Every family is made by a member factory that specialises in it. The page below sets out what each family is for, how it is built and what you can specify.

  1. Stack of birch-faced furniture plywood panels on a plaster plinth, pale wavy face and thin plies on the edgesI

    Furniture & interior

    Sanded natural or engineered faces on white Styrax or Eucalyptus cores.

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  2. Stack of commercial plywood panels with a reddish-brown hardwood face, thin plies with fine glue lines on the edgesII

    Commercial

    Hardwood faces on Acacia or Eucalyptus cores for doors, linings and general joinery.

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  3. Stack of film-faced formwork plywood with smooth dark brown phenolic film faces and sealed edgesIII

    Film-faced & anti-slip

    Phenolic film faces for concrete formwork; embossed film for floors and decks.

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  4. Bundle of unsanded packing plywood sheets on wooden bearers, strapped with two steel bandsIV

    Packing

    Unsanded loose-core panels for crates, pallets and industrial packaging.

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  5. Stack of LVL laminated veneer lumber beams whose ends show many thin parallel veneer layersV

    LVL

    Laminated veneer lumber with every ply in one direction, for frames, beams and packing members.

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Birch-faced plywood panels stacked on a plaster plinth, pale cream face and layered edges

Furniture & interior plywood

Faces chosen like a material sample, cores chosen for weight.

Furniture plywood is pressed on lines that sand to a calibrated thickness and stitch the outer core layers, so the panel stays flat on the saw and the face takes lacquer, oil or UV coating evenly. White Styrax cores keep panels light and pale at the edge; Eucalyptus cores give a firmer, heavier sheet.

Faces
Birch, Poplar, Okoume, Pine, Bintangor, Eucalyptus, engineered veneer (EV) and more
Cores
White Styrax or Eucalyptus, grade A, stitched
Thickness
3–40 mm; 3–6 mm panels in five plies
Tolerance
±0.2–0.3 mm on calibrated sanded panels
Glue / emission
E0 glue as standard; CARB P2 / TSCA Title VI available*
Surface
Sanded or polished; UV-ready on both faces
  • Kitchen and wardrobe carcasses
  • Shelving and wall panels
  • Cut-to-size quarters, sixths and eighths for European joinery

Commercial plywood

The everyday panel, made consistently.

Commercial plywood is the volume grade: a decorative hardwood face on an Acacia or Eucalyptus core, lightly sanded, priced for doors, linings, partitions, display and general joinery. It is the family where consistency matters most, because the same panel is bought again and again.

01

Faces

Bintangor, Okoume, Gurjan, Pine, Eucalyptus or engineered veneer, A or B face grade.

02

Cores

Acacia, Eucalyptus or mixed hardwood cores, joined or laid loose by grade.

03

Tolerance

±0.5 mm in thickness, ±2 mm in length and width.

04

Glue

MR or melamine-fortified glue; E0, E1 or E2 to the destination's rules.

Film-faced & anti-slip plywood

For the concrete pour and the loading floor.

Film-faced plywood carries a phenolic film on both faces and sealed edges, so it releases cleanly from concrete and can be reused. Anti-slip plywood uses a heavier film embossed with a hexagon, wire-mesh or grain pattern for vehicle floors, platforms and stage decks. Both are made only on Acacia or Eucalyptus cores.

Film
Brown or black phenolic film, about 120–135 g/m²; 135 g/m² and up for premium formwork
Anti-slip film
About 220 g/m², hexagon, wire-mesh or grain emboss
Glue
Melamine-fortified (MR / WBP melamine) or phenolic (WBP)
Reuse
About 12–15 pours on melamine glue, up to about 25 on phenolic glue, with correct handling, oiling and edge care
Core
Acacia or Eucalyptus
Documents
CE marking to EN 13986 and Declaration of Performance available*
Stack of anti-slip plywood with a dark brown hexagon-embossed film face and sealed edges
Strapped bundle of unsanded packing plywood on wooden bearers, sheet edges along the long side

Packing plywood

Built to protect the goods inside the crate.

Packing plywood is pressed for strength per euro, not for the face: loose-laid grade AB cores, unsanded or lightly sanded faces and an emission class that suits industrial packaging. It is the panel for export crates, machine cases, pallet decks and box liners.

  • Faces: rotary-cut Eucalyptus, Acacia or mixed hardwood, natural colour variation accepted.
  • Tolerance: ±0.5–1.0 mm in thickness.
  • Packaging rules: SGS tests of the packing materials (carton, plywood, strapping and wrap) for lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium against the PPWR limit are available*.

LVL · laminated veneer lumber

All plies one way, for length and stiffness.

In LVL every veneer runs along the length of the piece instead of crossing. The result behaves like straight, knot-free timber: long, stable and predictable in bending. LVL is available for frames, rails, door cores, shelving, pallet runners and packing members, cut to your section and length.

Veneer
Eucalyptus or Acacia, plies parallel
Sections
To order, sawn to width, thickness and length
Glue
To the application: interior or water-resistant
LVL beams stacked in two layers, ends showing parallel veneer plies

Faces and cores

Name a face. Choose a core. We make the pairing.

Plywood is named by its face, but its weight, flatness and price come from the core. Vietnamese plywood is made on Acacia, Eucalyptus, white Styrax or mixed hardwood cores; imported faces such as Birch, Okoume or Bintangor are laid on top of them.

Faces

  • BirchPale cream, soft wavy figure, small pin knots. The reference face for furniture.
  • PoplarCreamy white and almost plain. Bleached or natural; takes paint and lacquer well.
  • OkoumeSoft pinkish beige, lighter and less red than mahogany. Light and easy to machine.
  • BintangorReddish brown with interlocked grain. The classic commercial and door face.
  • GurjanWarm red-brown, broad figure. Doors, linings and display.
  • PineHoney yellow with cathedral grain and tight knots. Rustic interiors and shelving.
  • EucalyptusPale pinkish brown, interwoven grain. Economical face and core species.
  • Engineered veneerPerfectly even straight grain in the colour of your order: oak, walnut or teak looks.

Cores

  • White StyraxLight, pale and even. Favoured for European furniture; grown in northern Vietnam.
  • EucalyptusFirmer and heavier, pinkish brown. Furniture, commercial and film-faced panels.
  • AcaciaDense plantation hardwood. Film-faced, anti-slip, commercial and packing panels.
  • Mixed hardwoodCombined plantation species for commercial and packing grades.

Specification at a glance

What can be specified, family by family.

Ranges that apply across Formavina's member factories. Each order is confirmed on its own specification sheet.
FurnitureCommercialFilm-faced / anti-slipPackingLVL
Typical coreStyrax, EucalyptusAcacia, Eucalyptus, mixedAcacia, EucalyptusAcacia, Eucalyptus, mixedEucalyptus, Acacia
Core grade and joiningA, stitchedAB, joined or looseA or ABAB, loose-laidPlies parallel
Thickness3–40 mm3–40 mm3–40 mm; formwork commonly 12–21 mm3–40 mmTo section
Thickness tolerance±0.2–0.3 mm±0.5 mm±0.5 mm±0.5–1.0 mmTo order
SurfaceSanded / polished, UV-readyLight sandingPhenolic film, sealed edgesUnsandedPlaned or sawn
EmissionE0 standardE0 / E1 / E2To orderE1 / E2To order
Sheet size1220 × 2440, 1250 × 2500, custom1220 × 2440, custom1220 × 2440, 1250 × 25001220 × 2440, customLength to order

From the stack

Real panels, photographed close.

Real photographs of finished plywood from member factories, cropped close: faces, edges and packed bundles as a buyer sees them on an inspection visit.

  • Close view of the corner of a tall pack of film-faced plywood, many layered sheet edges
    Real photographFilm-faced pack, corner of the bundle
  • Close view of a brown anti-slip plywood face embossed with a hexagon pattern
    Real photographAnti-slip film, hexagon emboss
  • Warm red-brown gurjan plywood face with broad grain figure
    Real photographGurjan face, broad figure
  • Reddish bintangor plywood face on a pack with the layered light edge below
    Real photographBintangor face over a layered edge
  • Pale eucalyptus plywood face beside a stack of sheet edges
    Real photographEucalyptus face beside stacked edges
  • Dark film face and layered edges of film-faced plywood sheets on a pack
    Real photographFilm face and sealed edges
  • Pinkish-beige okoume plywood face with wavy figure on a pack
    Real photographOkoume face, wavy figure
  • Corner of a strapped plywood bundle with steel bands and buckles over the layered sheets
    Real photographA strapped bundle, ready to close

How an order travels

From your specification to the container door.

  1. 01

    Specification

    You tell us the application, panel, quantity and port. We return a written specification sheet and a quotation built on it.

  2. 02

    Mill match

    Each item is placed with the member factory whose line, cores and certificates fit it. Mixed orders are split by line, not by convenience.

  3. 03

    Samples

    Sample panels are made to the specification for approval when you need them. Free samples.

  4. 04

    Deposit and production

    A 30% deposit starts production; most orders are made in 15–45 days depending on volume and the factory's schedule.

  5. 05

    Pre-loading check

    Bundles are checked against the specification sheet; you receive photographs of faces, edges, thickness readings and closed bundles.

  6. 06

    Loading

    Bundles from each mill are brought together and loaded in the order you planned, photographed at the container door.

  7. 07

    Documents

    Draft documents for your approval after loading; the balance is paid against the scanned bill of lading.

Mixed containers

Several families, one container, one set of papers.

A container usually carries one or two products. When your business needs more, we load three to six items in one 40HC by agreement: film-faced panels for the site, birch-faced panels for the workshop and packing plywood for the crates, in one booking and one document set.

Inside a shipping container: bundles of film-faced, birch-faced and packing plywood on wooden bearers with corner protectors and steel straps

Illustration: one 40HC planned by bay. Real loading plans follow weight, core species and bundle size.

  • Heavier cores load fewer cubic metres: a 40HC of film-faced plywood carries about 43 m³ on Eucalyptus cores and about 47 m³ on Acacia cores.
  • Each item keeps its own label, bundle count and certificate claim on the packing list.
  • One deposit, one bill of lading, one balance payment.

Programme supply

The same panel, order after order.

Plywood is rarely bought once. Buyers order the same specification every month or every season, and the quiet risk is that the panel slowly changes. A Formavina programme fixes the specification sheet, keeps an approved reference panel and checks every repeat call-off against both.

01

One sheet, many call-offs

The specification is approved once; each repeat order refers to it by number.

02

Reference panel

An approved sample is kept as the visual standard for face colour and grade.

03

Planned production

Call-offs are booked ahead with the mill, so thin panels and special faces are reserved in time.

04

Change by agreement only

A different core, face source or glue is proposed in writing before it is used, never discovered on arrival.

One standard across mills

What changes with the mill, and what never does.

Fixed by the Standard

  • The specification sheet and its tolerances
  • Face grade, judged against the approved sample
  • The pre-loading checklist and photographs
  • Bundle labelling and the packing list format
  • One contact for the whole order

Chosen for each order

  • The member factory and its line
  • Core species and supply
  • Glue system for the application
  • Certificate scope for your market
  • Loading plan and booking

Certificates and compliance

The paperwork your market asks for.

Certificates are issued to the factory that makes your panels and are confirmed for each order before you pay a deposit. Tell us the destination and the claim you need; we place the order with a mill that holds it.

  • E0 emission*Standard on furniture plywood, tested on the agreed construction.
  • EU formaldehyde (REACH)*From 6 August 2026 wood-based articles must stay within 0.062 mg/m³ under Appendix 14; SGS chamber tests to Appendix 14 / EN 717-1 on request.
  • CARB P2 / TSCA Title VI*For panels destined for the United States.
  • FSC®*FSC 100% or FSC Mix claims on the sales documents.
  • CE · EN 13986*With a Declaration of Performance for construction plywood.
  • ISO 9001*Quality management at the producing mill.
  • EUDR dossier*Species, quantities, production dates and plot geolocation as GeoJSON.
  • PPWR packaging*SGS-tested packing materials for heavy metals.
  • *Supplied directly or through qualified partner mills.

EUDR

Origin you can file, not just a promise.

From 30 December 2026 the EU Deforestation Regulation applies to operators placing plywood on the EU market, including micro and small companies already covered by the EUTR; other micro and small operators follow from 30 June 2027. The importer files the due diligence statement; the factory provides what the importer needs to file it.

Vietnam is classified as a low-risk country under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093. Read Regulation (EU) 2025/1093

Dossier contents

  1. Product description and wood species, with common and scientific names
  2. Quantity per shipment
  3. Country of production and the geolocation of every production plot, as a GeoJSON file
  4. Production dates or time range

Shipping documents

One set of papers for the whole container.

  1. 01Commercial invoice
  2. 02Packing list by item and bundle
  3. 03Bill of lading
  4. 04Certificate of origin (EUR.1 for EU shipments where applicable)
  5. 05Fumigation and phytosanitary papers for solid-wood pallets and battens where required (plywood itself is outside ISPM 15)
  6. 06Insurance certificate on CIF terms
  7. 07Certificate claims, test reports and DoP as ordered
  8. 08EUDR origin dossier for EU shipments

Visit the factories

See the line that will press your panels.

We arrange visits to the member factory that will make your order, so you meet the people who run the press, see panels coming off the line and agree the face grade on real sheets. A visit before a first programme is welcome; after that, the photographs and the reference panel do the work.

  • Five member factories in Dan Thuong and Ha Hoa, Phu Tho, with plantation-grown cores close by
  • Visits planned around production, so you see your construction being made
  • Grade approved on real panels, kept as the reference

Where we ship

From Hai Phong to the port you name.

We ship FOB Hai Phong, CFR or CIF to the port you name, and prepare the documents each destination expects.

  • Europe

    Furniture, commercial and film-faced plywood; EUDR and E0 documentation.

  • Middle East & North Africa

    Film-faced and anti-slip plywood, commercial grades.

  • The Americas

    Furniture and commercial plywood with CARB P2 / TSCA Title VI documentation.

  • Asia-Pacific & worldwide

    Packing and furniture plywood to order; LVL available.

Trade terms

Plain terms, stated before you order.

Minimum order
One 40HC container
Mixed loads
One or two items per container as standard; three to six by agreement
Production
15–45 days after deposit, by volume and schedule
Payment
30% deposit, 70% against the scanned bill of lading; T/T or irrevocable L/C at sight
Incoterms
FOB Hai Phong, CFR or CIF
Samples
Free samples

Packing and loading

Bundles that arrive square.

Panels are packed in bundles about a metre high on wooden bearers, with corner protectors, steel or PET straps and a waterproof wrap. Lighter cores load more bundles per container; heavier cores reach the weight limit sooner, so every loading plan is worked out on the real panel weight.

  • 01Export pallets or bearers to order
  • 02Your own bundle labels and edge marks
  • 03Moisture protection for long voyages
  • 04Loading photographs at the container door

Write your brief

Six answers are enough to quote.

Plywood is priced on its construction. Tell us these six things and we will return a specification sheet and a quotation.

  1. 01

    Application

    Furniture, kitchen, doors, packing, formwork, flooring? Indoor or outdoor?

  2. 02

    Core

    Styrax, Eucalyptus, Acacia or mixed; stitched or not.

  3. 03

    Glue and emission

    E0, E1 or E2; CARB P2 / TSCA if needed; boil test if outdoor.

  4. 04

    Face

    Species and grade for face and back, sanded, polished or UV-ready.

  5. 05

    Panel

    Thickness, sheet size, tolerance, any cut-to-size.

  6. 06

    Packing and quantity

    Containers, mix, destination port, timing and documents.

Compose your enquiry

Tick what you need; we prepare an email to our export desk that you can complete and send from your own mail program.

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Questions buyers ask

Before you write.

Is Formavina a manufacturer?

Formavina is a Vietnamese plywood manufacturer and exporter with five member factories in Dan Thuong and Ha Hoa, Phu Tho. Each factory specialises in one family of panels; we write the specification, place the order on the right line, check it to one standard and ship it.

Can I combine different plywood types in one container?

Yes. One or two items per container is standard, and three to six items can be loaded in one 40HC by agreement, with one packing list, one bill of lading and one document set.

What is the minimum order?

One 40HC container. Mixed containers are planned so that each item is packed in full bundles.

How long does production take?

Usually 15–45 days after the deposit, depending on volume, thickness and the factory's schedule. Thin panels and special faces are planned earlier.

What are the payment terms?

A 30% deposit and the 70% balance against the scanned bill of lading, by T/T or irrevocable L/C at sight.

Which ports do you ship from, and on which terms?

From Hai Phong, on FOB Hai Phong, CFR or CIF terms to the port you name.

Do you supply samples?

Free samples.

Can I visit the factory that makes my order?

Yes. We arrange visits to the member factory whose line will press your panels, before a first order or programme, if you wish.

Which certificates are available?

E0, CARB P2 / TSCA Title VI, FSC®, CE to EN 13986 with DoP, ISO 9001, an EUDR origin dossier and PPWR packaging tests are available*, confirmed for each order. *Supplied directly or through qualified partner mills.

Why do two plywood quotations with the same name differ so much?

Because they are not the same construction. The difference comes from core grade and species, joining method, face preparation, glue system and tolerance. Compare offers line by line on one specification sheet.

How do you keep repeat orders the same?

With a programme: one approved specification sheet, a kept reference panel and the same pre-loading check on every call-off. Any change of core, face source or glue is agreed in writing first.

Export desk

Send the specification. We will build the order around it.

Write to the Formavina export desk with your application, panel and destination. Every enquiry is answered by a person who reads plywood specifications for a living.

Export enquiries
[email protected]
Member factories
Dan Thuong and Ha Hoa, Phu Tho, Vietnam
Languages
English