The poplar plantation method of raising cloned specimens ensures superior tree quality compared to domestic wild-grown poplar. The result is virtually void-free innerplys that are resistant to delamination. The enhanced quality of Garnica’s crossbands reduce shadowing and telegraphing. Plus, state-of-the-art sanding equipment ensures consistent thickness tolerances, making the plywood panels easy to work with.   Therefore, DSI offers its customers the advantages of working with stable, machineable, cost effective panel products. Together, Garnica, and DSI, will grow the demand for quality, plantation grown poplar panel products.

2. Grupo Garnica Plywood has its origins
in a family sawmill that emerged in 1940
in Baños de Río Tobia (La Rioja). In 1973
the company founded “Maderas Garnica”
and opened a factory in this town for the
production of plywood. Garnica is
celebrating 75 years of business in the
poplar industry.

3. As a shoot comes off a mother plant, it is cut and replanted in an
irrigated unit. Garnica trees are cloned from five of the finest
poplar specimens in all of Europe.

4. These pictures represent
three stages of growth. The
nursery stage, the youth
stage of approximately eight
years and the mature stage
of between 10 and 16 years
of growth.
Branches on the perimeter of
a unit are not pruned. This
helps prevent wind shake,
which can fracture the trees’
cell structure.

5. A mature tract hosts trees that
are between 10 and 16 years
old. At this stage, they are
almost ready for harvest.
Garnica forestry experts run
detailed checks of the trees in
order to determine the optimal
time for harvest.

6. When mature trees are
harvested an experienced
eye can tell which of the five
clone types a log represents
by examining the core.
Logs are harvested and
segregated for core peel
verses face peel. The quality
of the butt determines its final
classification.

7. The sorted logs are collected and
loaded onto machinery for
transport to Garnica’s plywood
processing facility.
During the debarking process, bark
is removed from the logs in
preparation for lathe processing.

8. Once poplar logs are debarked and cut to the proper
size, they are sent through the lathe, which uses a
laser that scans them 360 degrees.
The logs are also x-rayed
for knots. The quality
inspection allows the
operator to immediately
decide if the log’s peel will
be good enough for the
face, cross band or innerply
layers.

9. Higher-grade logs produce ribbons intended for
face layers. Garnica-grown plantation trees
typically yield more high quality veneer than U.S.
trees harvested from the wild.
Even inferior logs
produce ribbons that are
suitable for cross bands
and core layers.

10. After passing through the dryer, workers
manually run peels through a glue
spreader to prepare them for pressing.
Dried core peels are placed
in storage to await further
processing.

11. Garnica’s press machine puts the peels under heat
and high pressure for approximately eight minutes
with no pre-press process. Many domestic
producers will use a cold press prior to the hot
press. Garnica’s technology allows them to bypass
this prepress process.
Pressed panels are
sent for finish
sanding on a state-
of-the-art floating
head sander.

12. The final panel packaging
where the unit is staged and
made ready for international
shipment. Once packaged, the units
are loaded onto covered
flatbeds for transport to the
port city of Valencia for
international shipping.

13. Get the Garnica Advantage to Work For You
So, what does Garnica’s poplar plantation and modern milling techniques mean to you?
Watch a homegrown video made by woodworking expert and former shop owner Ray Franke
as he demonstrates the machinability of Garnica Plywood.
Visit the DSI YouTube Chanel
Distributor Service Inc
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClD69b5djbZaDiewnJzg2JA
See demonstrations of
 Rabbit  Dado
 Router Cut  Screwholding Power

14. CONCLUSION:
The poplar plantation method of
raising cloned specimens ensures
superior tree quality compared to
domestic wild-grown poplar. The
result is virtually void-free innerplys
that are resistant to delamination.
The enhanced quality of Garnica’s
crossbands reduce shadowing and
telegraphing. Plus, state-of-the-art
sanding equipment ensures
consistent thickness tolerances,
making the plywood panels easy to
work with.
Therefore, DSI offers its customers
the advantages of working with
stable, machineable, cost effective
panel products. Together, Garnica,
and DSI, will grow the demand for
quality, plantation grown poplar panel
products.