QYR Market Research Global Oriented Strand Board (OSB) market | Page 4

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OSB’s strength mainly comes from the uninterrupted wood fibre, interweaving
of the long strands and degree of orientation of strands in the surface layers.
Waterproof and boil proof resin binders are combined with the strands to
improve internal strength, rigidity and moisture resistance.
Currently, there are several producing companies in the world oriented strand
board (OSB) industry. The main players are Norbord, LP, Georgia-Pacific,
Kronospan and Weyerhaeuser NR Company. The global sales of oriented strand
board (OSB) will increase to 34187 MMsf in 2017 from 24869 MMsf in 2012
with average growth rate of 6.5%.
In consumption market, North America and Europe are the mainly consumption
regions due to the bigger demand of downstream applications. In 2016, these
two regions occupied 90% of the global consumption volume in total.