Norbord Inc. is a manufacturer of wood-based panels and the world’s largest producer of Oriented Strand Board (OSB). In addition to OSB, Norbord manufactures particleboard, Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF) and related value-added products.
Norbord has assets of approximately $1.7 billion and employs approximately 2,600 people at 17 plant locations in the United States, Canada and Europe. Norbord is a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OSB”.
Norbord operates 13 OSB mills, 1 MDF (medium density fibreboard) plant, 2 particleboard (chipboard) plants and 1 furniture plant.
Its OSB mills in the US are located in Minnesota, Georgia (2 lines), Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and 2 in Texas. In Canada there are 2 mills in Alberta, 1 in British Columbia, 1 in Ontario and 2 in Québec. In Europe there are mills located in Inverness (2 lines) and Cowie (2 lines), Scotland, in South Molton, England as well as in Genk, Belgium.
Traded as: TSX: OSB; NYSE: OSB
Industry: Engineered Wood Products
Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website: www.norbord.com
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