Cutting-Edge Forest Product Solutions

Hexion is an industry leader in providing binding and bonding solutions to manufacturers of engineered wood products. From high-speed ambient curing adhesives to heat-resistant adhesives and resins, we are on the cutting edge of industry advances. And with a wide range of alternative technologies including those that meet the most stringent global environmental requirements, we are capable of meeting almost any application or production need.

Our customers in the forest products industry return to Hexion time and again for the quality and variety of products we offer, including urea and phenolic resins, hotmelts, casein glues, catalysts, release agents, modifiers and identification dyes. You'll find Hexion materials in plywood, wood composite I-beams, laminated beams and hardboard, cabinets, doors and furniture, MDF, OSB and particleboard, and fingerjoints, strand lumber and laminated veneer lumber.

Hexion also provides:

• Wax emulsions used as sizing agents in composite wood products
• Low-solids, low-mole-ratio scavenger resins that reduce formaldehyde emissions
• A multitude of adhesive and resin systems used to bind wood particles and bond wood components