Our Suppliers

Heartwood is proud to use source suppliers who consider environmental issues an important aspect of their core values and competitiveness.

Resource Conservation

We engage in partnerships with suppliers who actively pursue resource conservation and management.

• Our suppliers promote a policy of no new trees harvested for production of particle board.
• Their wood must come from sawmills, planing mills, and other resources where the material is a waste by-product of primary product.
• They undertake the planting and rearing of rubber trees to ensure that a constant resource supply is maintained.
• A portion of the decorative papers used in our suppliers' laminate production processes contain recycled material.
• Closed-loop hot oil heat exchange systems are used in their factories to reduce the amount of water required in production.

Emissions Management

Our suppliers own and operate factories with advanced waste treatment systems to help eliminate undesirable emissions.

• The use of water-based amino resins in the paper treatment and particle board production processes actively reduces fugitive emissions to the atmosphere.
• Dust filtered bag systems are installed at various stations to minimize emissions and provide a healthier working environment.
• The installation of state of the art EcoDry systems controls the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are generated from the wood chip drying process. All emissions from this process have been reduced to levels meeting regulatory guide-lines for the industry sector.
• The particle board used for our product meets the low emission standards that comply with JIS A5908 which is generally accepted to meet or exceed the related North American Standards.