About Us
Olympic Panel Products is the largest and most advanced manufacturer of overlaid plywood in North America. With over 60 years of production and field application know-how, Olympic’s panels have earned the reputation for being the finest overlay plywood panels produced in North America. OPP has the broadest product offering available and it is the market share leader in overlaid plywood. The manufacturing facility, located on a 25 acre site in Shelton, WA, is the single largest overlay plywood manufacturing facility under a single roof in the world.
Manufacturing: The manufacturing process includes the peeling Douglas fir and Hemlock veneer, drying of the veneer through one of 4 veneer dryers, lay-up and pressing through one of three hot presses, plus an extensive finishing department, which includes a panel sander and film press for the production of Two Step ® high quality overlay panels. The plant, which overlays 95% of its 160 million square feet of panel production (3/8” basis), employs Continuous Process Monitoring (CPM) in all manufacturing processes, to ensure consistent product quality and performance.
Products: OPP offers the most diverse selection of overlaid plywood panels. Production panel sizes are 4’ x 8’ to 10’ and 5’ X 8’ to 10’ (MDO 1-side otherwise scarfed panel), with longer scarfed lengths, up to 12’, available.
Overlay types include: cross-linked resin systems (CBF), Phenolic surface film (PSF), Phenolic impregnated high density (HDO) and medium density (MDO) overlays, decorative polyester and fiberglass overlays and Urethane-acrylic coated, cross-linked and UV cured panels. Panels are manufactured in a one-step or two-step process and overlaid on one or two working faces, with backing available on one-sided panels.
Philosophy: Olympic Panel believes in cultivating long term, mutually successful customer and supplier relationships. Many Olympic Panel customer ties date back many decades.
OPP’s success depends on its customer’s success. This requires a clear understanding of customer needs in order to provide a consistent, quality product that meets customer expectations, is delivered on time and at a competitive price. Another key is product development – developing new products to better meet existing needs or to address new needs. OPP is the only overlay panel manufacturer that has a dedicated, full time, product development staff.
Ownership: OPP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wood Resources LLC, a portfolio company of Atlas Holdings LLC, a Connecticut based private investment group, focused on specialty manufacturing businesses.