Uniboard Opens North Carolina Plant

Laval, Quebec, Feb. 19, 2010--Uniboard said it has finished its new medium and high-density fiberboard plant in Moncure, N.C.

The $160 million plant produced its first panel on Feb. 17, one year after construction of the facility started.

The plant has an annual production capacity of 225 million square feet per year and is the largest MDF/HDF facility in North America, the company said.

It's also the company's third manufacturing facility in the U.S.

The new facility is part of Uniboard's Moncure Mega Site concept offering customers the ability to order a full range of panels from a single source.